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  • God Wants His Job Back

    Karen Ehman | November 19, 2012

    "Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people." Colossians 3:23 (NLT)

    • Time with God
    • God's Plan
    • Waiting on God
    • Balancing Life
    • God's Character
    • Wisdom
  • If I Love God, Do I Have to Love People Too?

    Glynnis Whitwer | November 16, 2012

    "'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?' Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Matthew 22:36-39 (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
    • Time with God
    • Serving Others
    • Mentoring
    • Encouraging Others
    • Leadership
  • The Place Where Disappointment Grows

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 15, 2012

    "They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed." Psalm 22:5 (NIV 1984)

    • God's Perspective
  • Sometimes I Have to Boss My Heart Around

    Renee Swope | November 14, 2012

    "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits-" Psalm 103:1-2 (NIV)

  • Find and Replace

    Karen Ehman | November 13, 2012

    "... throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-truly righteous and holy." Ephesians 4:22-24 (NLT)

    • God's Perspective
  • An Unaccepting Heart

    Wendy Pope | November 9, 2012

    "Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit." Psalm 32:2 (NIV 1984)

    • Identity in Christ
    • Forgiveness
    • Purity
    • God's Love
    • Rejection
    • God's Character
    • Grace
  • The Rip Current of People-Pleasing

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 8, 2012

    "Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10 (NIV)

    • Stress
    • Identity in Christ
    • Obedience
    • Peace
    • Wisdom
  • Me and My Mama Mouth

    Karen Ehman | November 7, 2012

    "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." Proverbs 31:26 (ESV)

    • God's Perspective
    • Parenting
  • More Than Crumbs

    Tracie Miles | November 6, 2012

    "Give us today our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 (NIV)

    • Stress
    • Time with God
    • Anger
    • Prayer
  • The Bitter Root

    Wendy Blight | November 5, 2012

    "See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." Hebrews 12:15 (NIV 1984)

    • God's Perspective
  • When You Face Trials

    Suzie Eller | November 2, 2012

    "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." James 1:2-3 (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
  • I Want to Run Away

    Lysa TerKeurst | November 1, 2012

    "If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow-to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him-then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you." Deuteronomy 11:22-23 (NIV)

    • God's Perspective
  • A Quiet Place to Rest

    Karen Ehman | October 31, 2012

    "Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, 'Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.'" Mark 6:31 (NIV)

    • Time with God
    • Prayer
    • Balancing Life
    • Peace
  • When You Feel Like You're Not Enough

    Renee Swope | October 30, 2012

    "When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" (John 8:12 NIV)

  • A Sparkling Confession

    Rachel Olsen | October 29, 2012

    "The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity." Proverbs 11:3 (NIV)

    • Purity
  • A Long and Winding Road

    Micca Campbell | October 26, 2012

    "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9 (NIV)

    • Fear
    • Stress
    • Faith
    • Balancing Life
    • Wisdom
  • When I Want to Quit

    Lysa TerKeurst | October 25, 2012

    "He said: 'Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is the Lord says to you: "Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's."'" 2 Chronicles 20:15 (NIV)

    • Perseverance
  • That's What Friends Do

    Suzie Eller | October 24, 2012

    "Here's another old saying that deserves a second look: 'Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.' Is that going to get us anywhere? Here's what I propose: 'Don't hit back at all.'" Matthew 5:38 (MSG)

  • Pick Me! Pick Me!

    Karen Ehman | October 23, 2012

    "For we know, brothers and sisters, loved by God, that he has chosen you ..." 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (NIV)

  • Our Thoughts Have Wheels

    Tracie Miles | October 22, 2012

    "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." Proverbs 23:7a (KJV)

    • God's Perspective

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Establishing the Work of Your Hands

Karen Ehman

“And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.” Psalm 90:17 (AMPC)

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