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Healing from toxic church – seeking what is precious, and truly God

A suspension bridge spans a canyon between a tall cliff and a much taller one. From the taller cliff, we see tiny people in the distance, setting out single file to pass over the bridge that will take them to a much higher place.

Our Passover: Knowing and going with Christ

  • Post published:May 11, 2025
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:May 21, 2025

From its start, Passover has met God’s people at the intersection of pain and gain, and urged, “Go with God. He is so worth it.” A story of Christ our Passover.

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Sometimes, intimate conversation with God is passionate and fierce.

It is God who has wronged me

  • Post published:March 2, 2025
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:June 13, 2025

Deeply grieving, falsely accused, Job cried in anger. “It is God who has wronged me!” Sometimes, intimate conversations with God are passionate and fierce.

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“Burned out on religion? I will give you rest”

  • Post published:December 5, 2024
  • Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
  • Post last modified:March 10, 2025

“Religion almost killed me,” she said, then paused, waiting for my response. I had no words. But I believed her – and I could identify. She saw it in my eyes.

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Spirit, power, Elijah and an undivided heart

  • Post published:October 24, 2024
  • Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
  • Post last modified:October 24, 2024

Elijah was human, like us. The spirit and power in his life had everything to do with the God who gave them, and the undivided heart that welcomed them.

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Code blue! God’s cry to the breathless

  • Post published:July 16, 2024
  • Post category:Spirit-to-spirit with God
  • Post last modified:July 19, 2024

Any time, ever, that you find yourself lying broken and spent, the Lord has a message for you. It’s his cry to wake you, and his promise to revive and restore.

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I AM the one you seek

  • Post published:April 20, 2024
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:May 21, 2025

The name “I AM” is the Lord’s treasure detector. When Jesus says it, he is urging, “Search for treasure here. I want to show you more of who I AM.”

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Heartcry of one who overcomes

  • Post published:April 17, 2024
  • Post category:Trauma and Grief
  • Post last modified:June 13, 2025

“I so want to be a woman of grace in all this!” she cried, through deep, wrenching sobs. In that holy moment, I heard the heartcry of one who overcomes.

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When your world has changed, don’t panic

  • Post published:April 12, 2024
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:May 29, 2025

God taught them not to be driven by panic. He showed them a completely different way. When our world has changed, their story from long ago can help us too.

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God’s heartbeat: In darkness, betrayal – life

  • Post published:March 27, 2024
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:May 21, 2025

It awes me again every time I see it. Leaning back on Jesus’ chest, at the moment of Jesus’ betrayal, John heard the heartbeat of God

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A spirit like Caleb’s – fully following God

  • Post published:February 14, 2024
  • Post category:Healing from Toxic Church/My Story
  • Post last modified:June 8, 2025

At a crucial moment in my life, Henry Blackaby and Caleb of old encouraged me: Regardless which way anyone else is rowing, you be filled with following God.

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