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Experiencing the Father Heart of God
After the Creation, the title God uses the most to describe His relationship to man is that of Father…the following list of character traits are traits necessary to be an effective father: For our exercise today, do the following: Assign each of the character traits listed below a numeric rating using a scale between 1 and 10. For example, if you think God is totally trustworthy, you would write a 10… For this exercise, be totally honest: what does your heart really think/feel versus what you believe the Bible actually says? Trustworthy Affectionate Engaged Open/Approachable Acccepting Faithful Giving Respectful Just Communicator Properly Authoritative Compassionate Loving Understanding Powerful Giving of service…
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Jesus as “The Lamb of God”
Many thanks to Junelle Jacobson, author of “Yes and Amen” blog.. for allowing me to use her lamb images here…Check out her etsy shop to order a few of these for yourself! Last week, while I was thinking, praying, and writing about the creative prompt, all I could think about was Jesus as the Lamb of God (one of the metaphors from last week’s list) coupled with these pictures. These little ones are so approachable, so full of character, so innocent, just begging to be hugged, delighted in, enjoyed, admired, loved. And the barn in the center reminded me of the invitation to enter His rest, and of the shelter…
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When you need a little piece of inspiration to make it through…
A piece of inspiration I read today on another’s blog here: The inspiring character in the book described is determined to grasp hold of life’s magical moments and never to let them slip through her fingers. And her prayer is beautiful prayer–to live life intentionally and with passion: “‘Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry . . . have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere–be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me…
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New Perception Creative Prompt
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What is your perception of God?
What is your perception of God? Or Jesus? Since we tend to build our spiritual lives around our perception of God, it is important to know what that perception is! In the last post I wrote about how Jesus desires to heal us, to bind-up the broken hearted…and laid the foundation of inviting His Healing Presence into the pain of our lives… But the fact is, pain (particularly emotional pain) often skews our perception of the real Jesus. If we have a skewed perception, how can we hold our heart open to Him, let alone invite Him in to heal it? Indeed, we may even hold Him responsible for the…
