Category: Devotional
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This Is How I #DropMyStone
What would it look like if I treated those I consider God’s enemies, the way He treats me? / I very much fear it would mean giving up my self-righteousness, emotional distance, and self-protective confidence in my own judgement…
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5/14 IAM: Known / Owned (Newsie 3 of 4)
MIC Check Today’s Most Important Challenge is… Immanuel Approach Memo Continued from 5/13 IAM: Un-Orphaned I am… speechless. The Good NewsJesus asked me to give awayIs me On the newspapersHe gave me to distributeIs my pictureIn full living colorAbove the caption “Local boy gives life to save city”
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5/13 IAM: Un-Orphaned (Newsie 2 of 4)
I am a little sad / I have to wait / But more excited / I finally have something / Worth waiting for…
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5/12 IAM: Pre-Announcing (Newsie 1 of 4)
Secretly / I rejoice in bad news / Because I profit from it…
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5/11 IAM: Sheepish
I try to push them / Back to safety / But that / Just makes them more nervous / And they scatter…
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5/10 IAM: Asking (Reconstruction 4 of 4)
I must enter into His rest / Before I can give it to others…
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5/9 IAM: Revealing (Reconstruction 3 of 4)
“Do not deprive them / Of their glory / Do not judge / What you don’t understand”
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5/8 IAM: Pivoting (Reconstruction 2 of 4)
The reality is that / In my flesh / I would prefer / To be foolish / Than to look foolish…
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5/7 IAM: Straitened (Reconstruction 1 of 4)
We are building a superhighway / Through a ruined wasteland / Of ruined dreams / And broken promises…
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5/6 YAM: Double-Blessed (Dethroned 4 of 4)
I look to My Father. // His face / Is grim / But His eyes / Twinkle / With mischief…
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5/4 IAM: Anguished (Dethroned 2 of 4)
He pats my hand / He comforts me / Because my emotional distress / Is worse than His physical distress / (At least to Him)…
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5/3 IAM: Unbearable (Dethroned 1 of 4)
God’s throne room / Is being overrun / By an enemy // Me / I am the enemy…
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5/1 YAM: Redeemer (Unmated-I 13 of 13)
I suddenly realize / This story is not / About finding or rescuing / My Beloved // It is about finding Christ / In the depths of Primal Reality / As my Beloved / And finding myself / As His Beloved…
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4/30 YAM: Delver (Unmated-I 12 of 13)
I begin to sweat / Should I follow the road / Or Jesus? // The wrong choice / Could cost me my soul…
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4/29 YAM: Dragon-slayer/fodder? (Unmated-I 11 of 13)
“Did he really think / Jesus would just sneak past / And leave me unchanged?”
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4/28 YAM: Explorer (Unmated-I 10 of 13)
In the desert / God was far / I had to travel / Long enough / To see Him // In the jungle / God is everywhere / I have be still / Long enough / To feel Him…
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4/27 YAM: Giver (Unmated-I 9 of 13)
To gain her / I must lose my whole world // I want her / I think I love her / But is it enough?
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4/26 YAM: Overcomer (Unmated-I 8 of 13)
I bow to Jesus. // One at a time / He removes burdens / I hadn’t realized / I was carrying…
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