Only God can satiate the deepest longings of the soul.  When you’re real about it, where have you been turning to quench the longings?  When the darkness settles, and you’re along with your longing, what do you do about it? We hear well-meaning Christ-followers speaking of turning to Christ alone to satisfy, but what does this actually look like?  When I’m real about it, I admit that opening my Bible isn’t always satisfying.  Closing a door to pray feels like the very kind of work from which my weary soul needs rest.  Listening to a sermon sounds somewhat boring.  So…

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Many people feel trapped in work that provides a paycheck but little else. They find they have little opportunity to use their gifts or do anything that is personally meaningful. Have you reached a point in your life where you know that what you are doing is not enough? Are you at your wits end trying to figure out your calling? Our primary calling is to be in a personal relationship with God. But you may be wondering… “What Should I Do with My Life?” Sometimes our life situations, create a sense of needing to “do something” to find work that fits and…

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I thoroughly enjoy Church services in the beginning of a new year. Every year I go to Revival at my church for three nights and it is such a filling, gratifying, intense, humbling experience to see women and men of God in one place, desperately seeking God’s Face and Hand. People are often crying and sprawled out on the floor because they are in such need. What those needs are? Only they and God know. I’ve been there too. Some Revivals, it was a desperate need to change my health and mind.  One year, it was to help me get…

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