pragmatic communion devotions

no further uneasiness.
(this is a re-post from March 2010. writing about seasons of prayerlessness and forgetting God and started thinking about it.) ...
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an unextraordinary life.
"Here's what you do," said Elisha. "Go up and down the street and borrow jugs and bowls from all your ...
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decision time. a loving mother’s straight-arm? or trust in God?
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They ...
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tracking the drift.
"These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God ...
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consistent intentional solitude.
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Summer is over. The ...
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this life lesson brought to you for the bargain price of $6.61.
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little ...
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hot pocket relationships.
"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing . . . And ...
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four minutes with God

four minutes with God: break my heart for what breaks Yours.
a Quote: (Ellen and Genie were best friends when they were kids, but grew apart over the years. Until this ...
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four minutes with God: in the dark, surrounded by trees.
a Quote: "A friend of mine is a singer. From time to time she goes to record vocal tracks at ...
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four minutes with God: 2 Chronicles 5:13-14
a Quote: "...what I testify to is the power of visual art, and especially music...They have the potential to awaken ...
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four minutes with God: Hebrews 4:15-16
a Quote: "...how did the early Christians pray for joy? First, we may assume that they prayed the prayers of ...
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four minutes with God: Joshua 24:15
a Quote: "Your choice must be a deliberate determination—it is not something into which you will automatically drift. And everything ...
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four minutes with God: Luke 1:37
the Word: "God can do anything." Luke 1:37 (NIV) my Prayer: Lord, I pray for revival, filled with doubt that ...
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four minutes with God: Luke 24:27, 30-32
the Word: "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the ...
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four minutes with God: Exodus 33:15-16
the Word: Then Moses said to Him "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up ...
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#memoryverse

#memoryverse: Esther 4:14 ~ you were created for such a time as this
#memoryverse "And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther ...
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#memoryverse: John 3:27 ~ I have nothing unless it is given from Heaven
#memoryverse "John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. John 3:27 (ESV) ...
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#memoryverse: Colossians 3:23 ~ as working for the Lord, not for men
#memoryverse "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" Colossians ...
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#memoryverse Psalm 139:23-24 ~ search me, oh God.
#memoryverse "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ WithOUT God. “nothing” is possible.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ I say “nothing” without you.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ Lord, please remind me to remember.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse 1 John 4:13 ~ “abiding” in Christ. part 1 of…howevermany.
#memoryverse "By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of ...
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devotions

#memoryverse: Esther 4:14 ~ you were created for such a time as this
#memoryverse "And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther ...
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#memoryverse: John 3:27 ~ I have nothing unless it is given from Heaven
#memoryverse "John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. John 3:27 (ESV) ...
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#memoryverse: Colossians 3:23 ~ as working for the Lord, not for men
#memoryverse "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" Colossians ...
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#memoryverse Psalm 139:23-24 ~ search me, oh God.
#memoryverse "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ WithOUT God. “nothing” is possible.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ I say “nothing” without you.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse John 15:5 ~ Lord, please remind me to remember.
#memoryverse "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is ...
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#memoryverse 1 John 4:13 ~ “abiding” in Christ. part 1 of…howevermany.
#memoryverse "By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of ...
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