Key Truths - Page 23

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Restoration

Post published:November 14, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

When God restores, he puts things back the way he created - only better.

Combine reaping behind field of sunflowers

I’ll reap in joy

Post published:November 4, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

Mini-post. "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." A Bible verse, a song and an image that have cheered me in the night.

Fire blazing around a heart-shaped center

Embrace fiery love

Post published:October 29, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:March 23, 2024

Mini-post from The Elijah Blessing: Love may not look a thing like we had thought.

Cozy corner, resting place: 2 chairs with cushions and pillows on a sun porch amid plants

I’ll rest

Post published:October 27, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 16, 2024

"Come and rest here. Come and lay your burdens down."

In a dark place, two round white lights shine down from the top center of the frame, and two round blue lights glow dimly at the top corners. The only other thing visible? A haze of yellow fog.

How Ahab and Jezebel outsmart us

Post published:October 22, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:October 23, 2024

Be blessed to see past strong deception and skillful misdirection, to recognize Ahab and Jezebel at work.

Feet of a person in athletic shoes running down a narrow, unpaved path.

I’ll run

Post published:October 21, 2012
Post category:Living Life
Post last modified:March 17, 2024

Mini-post, with a song for the road. "I'll run, I'll run. I'm gonna run this race to hear You say, 'Well done.'"

A double rainbow arches across a wooded mountain and the grassy valley at its base.

Profound forgiven-ness

Post published:October 18, 2012
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

A man with lantern looks very tiny, standing under a vast night sky filled with stars.

Before the face of God

Post published:October 8, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
Post last modified:March 23, 2024

An upstart named Elijah stood before Ahab, Israel’s king. Elijah had no credentials that would have impressed Ahab. First Kings 17:1 describes him simply as, “Elijah, who was from Tishbe…

Woman with yellow bag, walking on path, has reached a crossroads.

The blessing of an undivided heart

Post published:October 4, 2012
Post category:My Story
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

One weekend in March 2012, I met with a small group eager to seek what God wanted to show us through Elijah’s life and times. None of us has been…

Mastering the language in which God speaks

Post published:September 19, 2012
Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing Spirit-to-spirit with God
Post last modified:May 20, 2024

Today, let’s consider the impossible – and utterly delightful – challenge of mastering the language in which God speaks. It’s a challenge crucial to living by the Spirit. (And also…