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There is hardly any human need
stronger than the need to belong.
We were created this way.
Every one of us came out of a womb screaming for warmth,
companionship, and someone else’s heartbeat.

We were rudely ripped out of that idyllic existence and thrust into a cold,
impersonal, and lonely world. No wonder babies cry.
And the rest of our lives are spent trying to find that intimacy again.

Everyone knows what this was because everyone had the same experience once
being so close to another that… Continue

When we are intimate with someone else,
we trust them enough to share our secrets.
As God, Jesus already knows everything about us anyway,
but when we choose to tell Him what’s hidden deep within us,
it proves we trust Him.

~Trust is hard~
We've probably been betrayed by other people,
and when that happened, maybe we swore
we will never open up again.

But Jesus loved us and trusted us first.
He laid down his life for you & me.
That sacrifice has earned Him our trust.

Many of our secrets a… Continue

we may have second thoughts and doubts from time to time,
but none of us wants to go back.
One thing we're sure of is that we have
chosen the best thing possible to give our life to.

The question then becomes,
what do we do when the world pulls us one way and our faith another?

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The bottom line, as always, comes down to trust in Jesus Christ.
Is he the way, the truth and the life, as he said, or not?
Did he save us from our sins because of his tremendous love for us?
Is he the ultimate real… Continue

Leviticus 6:13

Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.

Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be, if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. Effectual prayer availeth much. Have you nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the Church, the ministry, yo… Continue

Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders
23:1 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted to you… Continue