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Devotional Making Disciples

Naming places

Naming places. Putting our experiences on the map.

No ordinary map.

But one detailing journey and rest.

Marking a lifetime of walking with the Lord.

Naming places. Image by Poul Cariov on Unsplash.

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Tags Beer Lahai Roi, Bethel, El-roi, encounters, Genesis 16, Genesis 28:10-18, Genesis 32:24-32, Hagar, His Spirit, His ways, His Word, Israel, Jacob, journey, lifetime, map, Peniel, rest, walk with the Lord

Devotional Making Disciples Memoir

Seasons change

Trees. Luminous in the forest. As the dying begins.

Letting go. Piece by piece. Leaf by leaf.

Orange. Yellow. Red.

Beautiful. And certain.

Seasons change.

Seasons change. Image by Andreas Dress on Unsplash.

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Tags abide in Christ, by faith, certainty, change, dying, exposed, His Spirit, His Word, hope, John 15:4, next season, our agenda, pray, rain, remain, seasons, serve, surrender, trees, vulnerable, waiting and walking, wind

Devotional

Divided heart

A divided heart leads to ruin. Fragmented loyalties weaken resolve.

Consider Solomon. Wise beyond his years. Or anyone else’s.

The divine instructions are detailed. Laid out so clearly. In two recorded encounters with his Maker. (1 Kings 3 and 9)

But he fools around.
Taking careless, measured steps.
Away from wholehearted devotion.

Undivided heart. Psalm 86:11.

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