In Luke 1, we see two people – Zechariah and Mary – both visited by the same angel, both given a message from God, and both hearing something that seemed impossible. And yet, their responses could not have been more different. Zechariah responded with disbelief, and as a result, he was kept silent. Mary responded…
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Dealing with Discontentment
We’ve all felt it. That gnawing sense that something is missing. That if we could just have that thing: Then we would finally be content. Finally be happy. Discontentment rarely announces itself loudly. It creeps in quietly through comparison, through longing, through the belief that God is withholding something that we desperately need. This is…
How to hear God’s voice [part 1]
God is speaking. God is speaking to the Church, and He’s speaking to you personally. The challenge? We’re often not tuned into His frequency. With so many voices competing for our attention – our own thoughts, the opinions of others, the noise of daily life – it can be difficult to recognize which voice is…
Shhh! It’s a secret.
There are certain things that God will tell us that He wants us to keep secret. The Bible has many illustrations of this: In Genesis 37*, God shows Joseph that he will become the ruler over his father and his brothers; but when he shares this with them, not only do his brother ridicule him…
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