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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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“Lord, may I ask you this question — if I’ll try to do this one for you, will you love me more? If I’ll give up this one for you, will you be able to bless me more? If I’ll be able to surrender my life to you, will you be proud of me?”
I just wonder how can I make you proud. But, it seems the harder that I try to catch your heart & attention, the harder it become.
Then I felt your presence embracing my worried heart & troubled mind, you have reminded me that the love you have for me will never change or fade away. You will always love me and yes you do, not because of what I do to you but because that’s the constant truth — you love me with no conditions.
Oh Lord what kind of love is this,
you have loved a sinner like me. (huhu 😭🤧)
That’s why allow me to say this to you —
“God, I appreciate you.”
Thank you for everything, Abba Father! I cannot express how thankful I am to have You in my life and I don’t know how many readers will read this message but I hope we all have the same heart — a grateful, loving heart! We love you! ❤
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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Lord, how sweet did You gaze
On my perilous heart
To befriend me to my bitter end
And carry the burden
For as graven my failure
You prevailed in pure love
To be found in the depths of Your heart
As good as forgiven
O how You graced that cross
Where Jesus died and death took the loss
Wild as the floodgates of heaven
Flung wide open within His scars
Now mine is the life You raised
Yours the glory that took down that grave
Bright as the sun almighty in love
God forever Your Kingdom come
O how sweet is the sound
Of a heart drenched in grace
Rising up from the ashes in praise
Alive to Your greatness
Hope as brazen as mercy
Through the terrible night
How You blaze through the darkness I fight
Bright as the morning
O how You graced that cross
Where Jesus died and death took the loss
Wild as the floodgates of heaven
Flung wide open within His scars
Now mine is the life You raised
Yours the glory that took down that grave
Bright as the sun almighty in love
God forever Your Kingdom come
My heart burns wild in my chest
In awe of Your heart in all that You are
Let Your praise run wild on my breath
In awe of Your heart I'll sing it again
062020
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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Engage in the long, faithful work.
Surrender the need of striving
to be the best or always right
and focus instead on leaning into Light,
that reveals all things.
All that is good
and all that stands to be corrected,
and redirected.
And as you lean into Light,
be gentle with the word “darkness.”
For more than it merely means wrong or bad,
it is also the color of a full, starless night sky,
and actual bodies
of human beings
who have been overlooked
too many times.
Many, many words
hold more than one meaning.
Language on “light” and “dark” may have its place,
and this is also true,
this very language has been used to say,
“You are a threat. I am not. I am worth more than you.” It takes kindness to understand this, for
even though kindness is a beautiful word.
it does not mean that nothing gets disrupted.
Sometimes a way of thinking must be interrupted
in order for kindness to truly thrive.
For as sure as kindness
leans into what is good,
it also speaks about what isn’t right.
It is compassionate and gentle
when long histories are pulled from mourning into morning.
Engage in the long, faithful work
of awakening
with your heart and mind open to the possibility
that things are more complex than they once seemed.
And as hard as it is to hold all of this,
you are still free to dream:
you do not have to be who you used to be.
You do not have to think the way you used to think.
You are free to take hopeful, thoughtful action
in pursuit of better things.
So here’s to new beginnings,
knowing it is impossible to ignore the long history,
opening up to the mystery
that grace still finds you here.
And grace is unmerited favor
but it might not always look the way you want it to.
It will invite you out in the open
and it will also reveal what has been broken.
You might have to unlearn the way you thought things would be.
You might find that being undone
is the best way to move on, humbly, mindfully, wholly.
For how liberating it is
to pursue wholeness over perfection,
finding that grace is more than a beautiful word,
but a daily act of being undone, an awakening, a direction. - MHN
06062020
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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CEP week is getting intense and really really learning so much. 💖
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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with hope, grace, and courage.❤
Keep your heart open to the possibility of what is beautiful and true beyond what is seen.
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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“Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:4-6‬ ‭NIV‬‬
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (Psalms 139:24 NLT)
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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Here in this life
you will feel many things.
You will have questions lead to answers
and you will have questions
you sit with for years…
you will long for days to come,
and you will learn to find joy
right here.
You will watch old things drift away
and you will see new things take shape.
You will look back on old years in all
of all the ways you’ve changed.
And over and over,
things will change
and you might feel a little afraid…
and you will also find
there is grace
to take this day by day.
MHN
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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And just as we experience the abundance of Christ’s own sufferings, even more of God’s comfort will cascade upon us through our union with Christ. If troubles weigh us down, that just means that we will receive even more comfort to pass on to you for your deliverance! For the comfort pouring into us empowers us to bring comfort to you. And with this comfort upholding you, you can endure victoriously the same suffering that we experience. Now our hope for you is unshakable, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings you will also share in God’s comforting strength.
2 Corinthians 1:5‭-‬7 TPT
04212020 9:31pm
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04.20.2020 11:39pm
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Every Scripture has been inspired by the Holy Spirit, the breath of God. It will empower you by its instruction and correction, giving you the strength to take the right direction and lead you deeper into the path of godliness. Then you will be God’s servant, fully mature and perfectly prepared to fulfill any assignment God gives you.
2 Timothy 3:16‭-‬17 TPT
❤april.18.2020
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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hold on,
please hold on,
not because you always feel
strong,
positive,
and equipped,
but because you are already slowing making it through this
even when it does not feel like it.
MHN ❤
04142020
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"Even though the waiting might last longer than you have expected, you have learned to see that the waiting does not keep you from being directed. Slowness doesn’t mean you aren’t growing. It means you are choosing to enter into a deeper inner-knowing that it’s not the rush of life that keeps us alive, but our willingness to trust, and give our all in grace, even at a slower pace." -MHN
04.13
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joyful-blogs · 5 years ago
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My saturday thoughts. 04112020
"Remember this about courage: If you’ve been made to feel like only the big moments of courage matter, I hope you know that every single breath you breathe is proof that you are finding your way in this. You are doing more than just existing. You are filling this space with life. And every moment you choose to hope is a moment you choose to thrive.
Because just when you thought you could not get any stronger, you woke up this morning and realized: you managed to hold on a little longer. You managed to make it a bit further than you ever thought you would, even on the days where it was a fight to notice the good. And by grace, you are still here, through the wild of all those fears. You made it here."
by Morgan Harper Nichols
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April 9, 2020
verse of the day
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love."
Romans 5:3‭-‬5 NLT
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April 7, 2020
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