Author: Kingdom Life AZ
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Living by Trust
The gatherings are behind us now, the lights are dimming, the tree is coming down. Now what? For many days leading up to Christmas, we’re busy with decorating, cooking, and wrapping gifts, and now it seems the world just stopped spinning. Now there’s a hush, a lull hanging in the air, days in our minds…
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Awe & Wonder
We all know the Christmas Story, but these last couple of years, as I have read it, it got me thinking a little differently. We know the story; we read it over, and over again each Christmas, but how often does the awe and wonder of this miraculous event get lost because of its familiarity? …
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Living by Reflection
This Christmas season we pause and reflect on the birth of Jesus, the Savior of the world, born a baby, yet a King. He came from humble means, born on a silent night in the city of Bethlehem, traveling with His mother and father on a donkey to a cold, dark cave of sorts, wrapped…
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The Spirit of God Within Us
As we are approaching Christmas Day, our thoughts and our intentions reflect upon the manger and the birth of Christ, and how beautiful it was. During this season we watch the Christmas movies, we look at manger scenes and Christmas lights around our community, and we ponder the miraculous virgin birth of our Lord and…
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Living by Surrender
Mary, the mother of Jesus. A young girl, highly favored. Chosen by God. In Mark 1, we read every advent season of this young girl in a desert place devoted to God with no apparent promise other than a future marriage to a young man named Joseph. An angel appeared to Mary one night, telling…
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A Heart of Thanksgiving & Gratitude
A Heart of Thanksgiving & Gratitude November is the month selected on the calendar to give thanks for, and reflect with gratitude, the many blessings in our lives. It is a time to acknowledge God and thank Him for His provision, protection, His love, His blessings, His faithfulness and so much more. Thanksgiving Day is…
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Living by the Fruit of the Spirit
Bundled up in a warm coat on a cold Christmas Eve, I stood in a long line at our local community hall, my knees shivering from the cold outside air. I was excited every year to take that long walk into a large, empty building to the front of the room where a man sat…
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Love is an Action, Not a Feeling
Love Your Enemies The scripture tells us in Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:27-28 that we are to “Love our enemies!” But how can we have feelings for those who have purposely hurt us whether physically, mentally, or emotionally? When we think of loving someone, we long to be around them. We think about them with…
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Rett Syndrome Awareness
October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month. In honor of that, I share with you this piece of my life. Growing Up in the Shadow and Light: Being the Younger Sibling of Someone with a Disability Being the sibling of someone with a disability shapes a person in quiet but profound ways. As the younger sibling…
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Autumn
My favorite time of the year, no question. The colors of the leaves, the crisp cool air, the excitement of holidays to come. Most of all, it’s the feeling of contentment that I get each year. Hard to explain why exactly, but I know it has to do with hot days being over, windows being…
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