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Laura Story
Church happened when people naturally gathered together to learn more about the man named Jesus
from his friends, the apostles, and others who’d seen the mira...
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Our church building looked like the inside of the Popes’ house. Services weren’t at nine and eleven; they were Randy making Martin
eggs, a group of women who scrubbed our condo clean, and all the people who covered for me at work. Offerings looked like gift cards. Incense smelled like chicken casseroles and lasagna that church members dropped off so I wouldn’t have to shop and cook.
Just like the church in Acts, no matter how many times the people of Perimeter Church served us, they did i...
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The beauty of the mod...
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It’s found in the lines on the faces and the joy in the eyes of those who drop what they are doing so they can be the church and serve those who need it most.
But through his Word, God revealed to me that the church wasn’t serving us because we were so pathetic that they felt sorry for
It wasn’t about us at all.
These precious people served us, not because we were worthy but because they...
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When the gospel takes hold of you, you ...
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respond by giving your...
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While we were going through this season of brokenness, the church wasn’t a place we went on Sundays—most Sundays we couldn’t even manage a shower.
Church was the people who came to us, every day of the week. Sometimes two or three times a day.
In our brokenness, the staff and voluntee...
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served us like Christ had first serv...
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didn’t have to do anything ...
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It was never about us and always about him.
MYTH: THE CHURCH IS A BUILDING WITH SERVICES. TRUTH: THE CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD AS THEY SERVE ONE ANOTHER.
Isaiah 55:11 says that God’s Word always does the work he sends it to do: “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose
for which I sent it.”
God’s light and truth are like twin homing pigeons. When we’re down, he sends them out to lead us back to him. Even when we are in a really dark place, God doesn’t wait for us to muster up enough belief. To grow our faith, he sends his light and truth to hog-tie us and drag us back into his presence. Strong faith doesn’t come from how hard I work.
It’s not what I do.
It’s what h...
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It is not how strong my...
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It’s how strong m...
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God’s hold on my life wasn’t contingent on my hold on him.
In those seasons of life when I’ve been distracted, God has held me that much tighter.
It’s never been about how hard I work; it’s always been about how har...
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The strength of our faith rests on the perso...
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I have a big God, so I have a big faith, even if what I bring to the table is faith t...
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And big faith, strong faith, sure faith, and sustaining faith isn’t mustered up. It is a gift from God. A big, s...
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in three short minutes, I could open up his Word and read a psalm and pray something as simple as, “God, may your Word take root in my heart. I need you to hold me tight today, to let
your Word feed my soul, and sustain me when I am weary.”
I didn’t have to make it hard or ...
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God’s Word was a love letter to me, filled with his promises. In his Word, his light and truth led me into his presence, whether I...
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Understanding that faith wasn’t abo...
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but rather all about what God does meant I could open my Bible and allow him to l...
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The Bible isn’t just a book of clever greeting card slogans and memorable stories.
If you’re reading your Bible merely for “inspiration” to get you through the
day, you are missing the meat of it. There is so much mor...
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Psalm 19 says that God’s Word refreshes the soul, makes the simple wise, gives joy to the heart, ...
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Something supernatural happens when we read God’s Word—
our faith grows, our doubts fade, and our
strength increases to endure our c...
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strong faith,
God’s gift to me.
When I was too busy or too tired to do the spiritual disciplines I’d once pursued, my new response was to stop trying and allow his light ...
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MYTH: THE STRENGTH OF MY FAITH IS BASED ON HOW STRONGLY I BELIEVE. TRUTH: THE STRENGTH OF MY FAITH IS BA...
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Before we got married, our premarital counselor told me, “The whole world could be against your husband, but as long as you are for him, you give him wings. And if the whole world is for him, but you’re against him, it’s like pouring concrete in his shoes.”
