Reflections
Great and Foremost
And He said to him, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.” This is the great and foremost commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38 NAS95) My love muscle needs a lot of exercise. I must work at it more than I would like. In that…
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Everything
“…I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.“ (Jeremiah 31: 3 NKJV) It was a difficult communion for me. I was being especially hard on myself. It happened many years ago during a training weekend for leaders in an Austrian ministry. We usually ended the sessions on Sunday with communion.…
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Mutual Commitment
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. (Deuteronomy 11:18) I’ve never considered myself to be very good at memorizing Scripture. I also struggle to think of exact Bible verses if I have a Scripture I want to reference. When…
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Commitment Without Control
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5–6 NET) I love commitment. I love the security of a promise and the firm embrace of a covenant. Yes, it’s weighty but it’s like…
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Commitment?
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6 ESV) So, my job is writing about commitment for this Conversation With God. He’s funny with his timing. Just yesterday, two days after the submission deadline, he…
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A Disciple
If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. (Luke 14:26 NAS95) I experienced the words of this verse as harsh and demanding. Yes, I placed my confidence in Jesus many moons ago.…
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Aligning to God’s Kingdom
by Doug Mitts Key Verse: “From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”” – Matthew 4:17, NAS95 Some of my conversations with God have a long history. “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand,” has taken a while to digest. At first, I took…
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Unsettling Transformation
by Leslie Hall Key Verse: “And the one seated on the throne said: ‘Look! I am making all things new!’” – Revelation 21:5, NET If you would have asked me ten years ago if I would be willing to be a missionary in Europe, I would have stopped you before you could even get to the…
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Expecting Transformation
by Gabe Bernal Key Verse: “And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because of his small stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore…
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Transformation of the Heart
by Karen Lee Kurth Key Verse: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.” – Psalm 19:14, NKJV Psalm 19:14 was the first Bible verse I memorized as an adult. I wasn’t yet a follower of Jesus. I was reading…
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