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April 5, 2017
Easter Prayer: Sermon on the Mount
This is the first prayer in a series of Easter prayers, featuring photos from my friend’s recent trip to the Holy Land.
Today’s photos were taken at the actual site where the Sermon on the Mount was preached.
How quick we are to forget your teachings, Jesus.
So much like your people in the days you walked this earth,
we forget your words and forsake your authority.
Once you sat on a hillside,
teaching your disciples and anyone who cared to listen.
You taught about blessings for the poor, hungry, downtrodden
rather than the great, mighty, and powerful.
You said we are the salt and light of the world
so valuable to you, yet so rejected by those who don’t understand.
You taught us ways to stop hurting each other.
You warned us against the heartbreak and division
of anger, adultery, divorce.
You asked us to do hard things:
turn our cheeks, walk another mile, love our enemies.
Give in secret, you said.
Pray without pretense.
Forgive others. Live lightly. Be pure.
Don’t worry.
Don’t judge.
Keep asking, seeking, knocking.
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Follow a narrow path. Produce good fruit. Be true and faithful.
Build on a solid foundation, you said.
And you were that solid foundation,
the stone the builders rejected
when the hosannas turned to shouts of hatred.
Why is it so hard for us to remember, Lord?
Why do we ignore the very words that give us life?
Let this Easter be different, Jesus.
Plant your words like seeds in our hearts.
Nourish the seedlings and help them grow
green and verdant
like the hills where your great sermon was preached.
Questions for reflection:
What part of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6 & 7 is most relevant to your life right now?
How can you nourish the seed of God’s word in your heart?
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April 3, 2017
Review: Listen, Love, Repeat
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Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World[image error] by Karen Ehman
Once again, Karen Ehman delivers a warm, friendly invitation to a deeper walk with God. In Listen, Love, Repeat, she challenges you to slow down, pay attention, and create an others-focused life. Full of personal stories and practical tips, this book is a valuable resource. It even has recipes!
In one chapter, Karen expounds on an analogy Paul used in 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, a picture of a nursing mother caring for her children.
Karen writes,
As many of you have experienced, being a nursing mother takes a lot out of you both physically and emotionally. You cannot be on your own schedule. You have to interrupt what you are doing in order to nourish the body of your child. To nurse a child you must stop. Sit down. Take time. You must for the moment put your child’s needs before your own. Certainly the act of nursing a baby is sharing life in a sacrificial way.
This quote speaks from the heart of this book: structure your days so you have time to minister to others. Karen writes about different kinds of people to whom you can minister, and gives creative ideas for each group. She shows you how to minister to those who grieve, to necessary people like the mail carrier, to the lonely, to those who are cranky, and of course, to your family.
I also liked the concept of listening for a heart drop. Listening in this way is like doing detective work for God’s kingdom. Heart drops are clues to ways you can minister. Karen provides many do-able ideas for everyday ministry in Listen, Love, Repeat.
When you are walking closely with God, you become more like Jesus, and you look for ways to serve others. This book will open your eyes to new ways of everyday ministry you likely haven’t considered before.
The online Bible study of Listen, Love, Repeat begins TODAY at Proverbs 31 Ministries. Sign up for the online Bible study with me, which runs April 3 to May 5, 2017.
If you liked this book review, you may also like my recent review of Karen’s book Zip It.
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March 31, 2017
Self-Control: Defining Boundaries
Today’s Five Minute Friday prompt is “Define.” I chose to combine it with my focus on the fruit of self-control.
Once I heard: Good fences make good neighbors.
Today I am setting stone walls
of self-control, walls to contain
my sprawling city, so prone
toward selfishness.
On the north side I set stones
to define boundaries
around self-pity.
On the east side I set stones
to define boundaries
around criticism.
On the south side I set stones
to define boundaries
around indulgence.
On the west side I set stones
to define boundaries
around sloth.
My four weaknesses
clearly defined, no longer
seeping out like sludge
into green pastures.
This bustling city in my heart
is now restored
to peace.
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Questions for reflection:
Which of your weaknesses needs the walls of self-control?
How can practicing self-control grant you greater peace?
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March 29, 2017
He is Faithful
How faithful you have been, Lord,
in each of my seasons.
You set your word in my heart
and held my hand
when I was learning to walk.
You held me close
when my little girl heart was broken.
You rose with me
on those dark mornings
when I had to grow up too fast
and planted the beautiful dream of family
in my heart.
You walked beside me
in the lonely seasons
the mocked seasons
the sorrowful seasons.
Faithfully you watched over me.
Faithfully you kept me from harm
and from harming myself.
Faithfully you whispered your word
into my ears, reminding me
of your everlasting love.
When I rebelled
you did not reject me.
When I came crawling back
you accepted me.
When I sought healing
you never shamed me
but sutured my wounds
and smoothed on your salve.
In the valleys
you carried me.
On the mountaintops
you rejoiced with me.
In each season you stretched me
strengthened me
and shaped me
to be more like you.
Because you have been faithful to me
I want to be faithful to you.
I seek the regular rhythms
of worship, confession, repentance, praise.
I seek your presence in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening.
In these faithful rhythms
I find your love
your joy
and your peace.
Questions for reflection:
How has God faithfully walked with you through your seasons?
How can you praise him today for his faithfulness to you?
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March 26, 2017
How Humility Tempers Knowledge
Happy to share this post on Bethany McIlrath’s blog today! Visit her directory for more posts on idolizing knowledge.
I am a recovering know-it-all.
It didn’t help to grow up in an environment where knowledge was valued at a premium. Good grades were a must, as was the ability to speak with intelligence on just about every subject.
That’s really hard to pull off when you’re young and still learning.
But I wanted to please, so I tried.
And failed.
In high school and college, I took part in conversations that were over my head. I didn’t really have anything to contribute, but I wanted to appear smart. So I’d fake it, scraping bits and pieces of loose knowledge together to offer a seemingly intelligent response. Yet I secretly feared someone would call my bluff and see through my desperate attempt to cling to my know-it-all mask.
What a fruitless pursuit.
I didn’t gain closeness with the smart kids, the fellow know-it-alls puffed up in their own knowledge, wanting only to prove themselves. I sought acceptance and intimacy, impossible to find in a contest of the minds where opponents seek to dominate.
This pursuit continued until I was in my thirties. The cost was steep. My puffed-up knowledge created awkward situations and turned people away. Some people told me I was intimidating. I hated that label. That’s not how I saw myself. But as my faith life became more alive and personal, I sought to change it.
I studied the scriptures. Jesus knew EVERYTHING, yet he was so humble, washing his disciples’ feet on the very night they would all desert him. He intentionally subverted his knowledge to interact with regular human beings like me. If Jesus humbled himself, surely I could do the same.
Jesus humbled himself in obedience to God, and I want to do the same.
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I reflected on my education and work experience. I was in the gifted program in high school and graduated with high honors. Disillusion came crashing down on me as a college graduate. Instead of creating art and writing poetry, I answered phones and sorted mail for a dollar over minimum wage. Again and again my work experience stood in high contrast to my education and my expectations.
As I reflected on those times, I realized God had used my trials to humble me. I no longer saw myself as fully capable of answering every question and solving every problem. He humbled me through work, and that was good for me.
I reflected on my childhood. The person who overvalued knowledge probably regretted not pursuing higher education, and unintentionally cultivated toxic seeds. I think they struggle deep inside with a lack of self-worth and cover it over with layers and layers of knowledge. I didn’t notice that as a child. I have compassion now I see that truth. I also see how a lack of humility has cost this person many relationships. I don’t want to bear that cost in my own life.
By pursuing humility over knowledge, my relationships will thrive.
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Recently I took a spiritual gifts inventory, similar to the test I took 20 years ago. In both tests, knowledge was in my top three strengths. Knowledge is a gift God gives me. It belongs to him, and he is trusting me to use knowledge for his glory. He wants me to draw people to him with knowledge, not push them away.
The only way I can draw people to God with knowledge is to temper it with humility. Knowledge is strong and powerful. It will overwhelm people, like a too-bright beam of sunlight on my houseplants. If I filter the light by tilting the blinds of humility, knowledge promotes health and growth.
I like this verse in 1 Peter 5:6 (NLT):
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
I’m no longer on a quest to puff myself up with knowledge. I have hope that God can teach me a new way to use what I’ve learned. He’s gifted me with knowledge, but he’s also granted me humility. I am hoping God will continue to soften my heart with humility and temper my knowledge with wisdom.
Now I’m pursuing humility with a passion, trusting that God will lift me up in honor as he so chooses. I want to be rewarded more for humility than knowledge, placing a premium on what God values most.
Questions for reflection:
In what ways do you struggle with puffed-up knowledge?
How can following Jesus’ example of humility breathe life into your relationships?
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March 24, 2017
Embracing Change With Thanksgiving
Writing for five unedited minutes on the prompt “Embrace” for Five Minute Friday.
Change, my new and unfamiliar friend
wraps me in an embrace
these cool spring mornings.
Every time I see a new sunrise
I embrace a morning of change.
Nothing is new with you, Lord.
A thousand days are one to you.
But for me
change is constant as ocean waves
especially in this year of movement.
I weather these upcoming changes
with thankfulness and reflection.
Your constancy steadies me
as I prepare to take a leap.
Your faithfulness carries me through
this windy, wild season.
Your presence walks with me
as I navigate new places.
I thank you for new life.
I thank you for your perfect timing.
I thank you for staying by my side
when everything is shifting.
No motion is too strong for you.
No wind is too powerful.
When you called Peter out on the water
you had perfect dominion.
I am stepping out of the boat
placing my feet on the unstable surface
and reaching for the security
of your waiting embrace.
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Questions for reflection:
How is God calling you to step out of the boat and onto the water?
How does God’s character anchor you in times of change?
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March 22, 2017
Choosing the Fruit of Goodness
When I became a mother, my senses were sharpened to notice worldly influences on my children.
I had new eyes. Television shows became a minefield of questionable content. I became more alert, even when watching commercials. So many images had to be blocked and hidden from my children’s innocent eyes.
I had new ears. Lyrics I had enjoyed before were unsafe for my children. I found myself turning the volume down and switching radio stations way more often.
I had new lips. With a desire to feed my children healthy food, I paid more attention to the preservatives and additives in our purchases. I made changes to my cooking habits and bought more fruits and vegetables.
After making better choices for my children’s sake, I tasted the fruit of goodness myself. I didn’t miss racy or morbid television shows. I didn’t want to listen to negative, worldly music anymore either. I craved healthy food more than junk food.
Tasting the fruit of the spirit creates a craving for goodness.
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God used those years to sanctify me…a fancy theological word for cleaning, making holy. I believe God wanted to set me apart from the world as a special treasure for himself, and He was sanctifying me with goodness.
His light in me created a craving for goodness. The closer I depended on Him as a young mom, the more I longed for what is good and right and true.
Even though my children are older now, I still choose the fruit of goodness for them and for myself. We’re engaging with media differently, building critical thinking skills. I allow them some freedom in eating junk food, but the majority of their diet is healthy and wholesome. I pray that as they grow, they will choose the fruit of goodness because they saw me choosing it for myself.
Questions for reflection:
How did your choices change when you became a mom?
How does the fruit of goodness produce healthy cravings in your spiritual life?
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March 20, 2017
Review: Zip It
Zip It: The Keep It Shut 40-Day Challenge[image error] by Karen Ehman
As a member of Compel Training, I’ve come to know Karen Ehman through video teachings. She has a warm, inviting writing and speaking style I find appealing. She wrote Zip It as a companion to Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All[image error], a book I’m now rushing to read.
In Zip It, she addresses the many ways we can practice greater self-control in speaking. She tells her motivation for writing this book:
…as I surveyed my life a few years ago, I observed that I could tether almost every tense or fractured relationship I’d had back to something I said.
Ouch, how I can relate! That’s why I want to learn more about self-control in speaking. Karen continues,
As God began to deal with me about the way I used my words, I learned to apply the vast advice the Bible has for us about how we should–and should not–speak.
This book is structured in 40 devotions with a personal anecdote, two takeaways, one short lesson, and a prayer. I especially enjoyed Karen’s warm, funny anecdotes which stirred my thinking about all the ways I can improve the way I speak and think. She offers deep insights into Bible passages and then gives great application tips. For example, she outlined three parables in Matthew 9, then shows how Jesus hears my unspoken words, the words I speak, and the words I say to myself. I had never linked those passages together before, and I appreciated Karen’s fresh observations.
Since I enjoyed Zip It so much, I want to backtrack and pick up a copy of Keep It Shut. I want to honor God with my words and thoughts, and these books will convict me and challenge me to new obedience.
I’m also now reading Karen’s book Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World[image error] in preparation for the upcoming online Bible study at Proverbs 31 Ministries. Sign up for the online Bible study with me, which runs April 3 to May 5, 2017. Next week I’ll post a review of Listen, Love, Repeat.
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March 17, 2017
Fasting for Spiritual Wellness
I am thrilled that my friend Jill Hoven hosted me as a guest post writer for her blog Follow His Footprints this week.
Do you sacrifice anything for the Lenten season?
I grew up in a tradition of observing Lent as a time of sober contemplation and confession. Yet I didn’t grow up in a tradition of fasting at any time, Lent included.
This year is the first time I’ve given up something for Lent. While writing my new book, The Fruitful Life, in February, the Holy Spirit convicted me when I wrote the chapter on self-control. He showed me my all-out addiction to sweets and how it blocks my spiritual growth. He encouraged me to give sugar up this Lenten season so I could experience new blessings.
On Ash Wednesday, I began my sugar-free journey. It’s been a week now as of this writing, and here are five lessons I’ve gained by fasting for spiritual wellness.
Continue reading at followhisfootprints.org.
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Five Minute Friday: Friend
Writing for five unedited minutes on the prompt “Friend” for Five Minute Friday.
Oh, my sweet daughter,
I hate to see your heart break.
Your friend, the one who writes you sparkly notes
the one who gives you hugs whenever you meet
the one who soothed you when another girl turned her back
snubbed you on the playground.
Yesterday you entered the car crying
no longer able to hold it in.
Dear one, you are only eight years old
and your heart has already broken twice
over the complicated nature of girl friendships.
How I understand.
I remember trying so hard
and falling down flat.
I remember
the mean looks, the whispers, the cold stares
from those who I thought cared.
I also remember
sometimes dishing out
what I didn’t want to receive.
I’m sorry to say
it’s only beginning.
But I also tell you:
You are not alone.
Jesus is always at your side.
He loves you for who you are.
He created you as an artist, a reader, a sensitive soul.
They may not understand you
just as they didn’t understand me.
I know how lonely it can be.
Yet you are beautiful inside and out.
If you can’t do a flip on the monkey bars
or run fast or shoot baskets
I promise it won’t matter
when you’re grown up.
But I know it matters now.
I’m praying for you, love.
I’m praying God will give you one good friend
to listen to your secrets and keep them safe.
One good friend to smile and laugh with you.
One good friend to share new perspectives
and challenge your sharp edges.
Just one friend
to hold your hand
and walk beside you
in this long, difficult,
complex, beautiful life.
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