Tag: self-talk

• Take wisdom throughout your day!

  20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. 21Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.22When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.—Proverbs 6 I do a weekly worship service at…

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  February 6, 2023

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• Change Your Story to God’s Love

  17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.–Ephesians…

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  February 2, 2023

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• John’s Depression

  2Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples3and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are…

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  January 11, 2023

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• The Devil’s Reality

  11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.–Matthew 4 This famous passage is less about things to do when you are tempted and more about who to turn to. Satan tempted Jesus with IF statements, questioning who Jesus was and eternally is. Though Satan attacked, he was not able…

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  January 4, 2023

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• Accept this Saying

  15The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him…

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  December 9, 2022

  1 Timothy

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• Two Sides of Trust

  1Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his…

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  December 4, 2022

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• Depression’s Inner War

  6As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands,and…

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  November 25, 2022

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• Naomi’s Redemption

  13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15He shall be to you a…

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  October 21, 2022

  ruth

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• Naomi’s Realization

  17So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied. 19And…

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  October 19, 2022

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• Address the Thoughts

  5The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.–Proverbs 12 One of the running subplots of the book of Proverb is who you identify with. You are either acting like the wise person or the fool. You are either listening to Lady Wisdom or Madam Folly. Here, you are either…

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  August 12, 2022

  proverbs

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