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Tag: confession

  • Hale’s Accusation (Alternate Ending of The Crucible)

    Our Christian high school just put on a “fearless” production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which continued to haunt me after leaving the theater. I identified deeply with many of the characters, whose seemingly minor flaws led to tragic results. I am writing this in hopes it will help me…

  • DBJ-AEFJ “An Eye For Judging” 9/2/2021

    Tickets available now! (For both 10am and 1pm on Thu Sept 2) I often get frustrated when others don’t see what I do. This passage makes me wonder what others see that I do not: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you…

  • Effective Righteous Prayer

    Effective Righteous Prayer

    James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. There are many types of prayer, for many reasons and occasions. This is my current preferred practice for “prevailing”…

  • DADS Confrontational Devotion

    Dedicated to my Father. DECLARE Truth God is in control. We are absolutely on track for the future He has for us and our loved ones. How quickly and thoroughly we yield to Him determines how fast and painful it will be to reach that future ASK Better Questions a)…

  • Playlist DBJ-2021A-TROP: The Redemption of Peter

    [Shout out to blog reader Kate for pushing me to publish this early!] The Calling of Peter: Luke 5:1-11 Walking on the Water: Matthew 14:22-33 Peter Confesses and Rebukes Jesus: Matthew 16:13-28 Mount of Transfiguration: Matthew 17:1-13 Peter Denies Jesus: Luke 22:31-62 Jesus Restores Peter: John 21:1-25

  • TGR-S5E5: Better Next Time

    As followers of Jesus, we invite you to learn along with us every Tuesday at 1 PM on The Great Reset as we practice loving more like Jesus. Question: What should we focus on when something hurtful has happened? Perspective: Answering the question, “What do each of us need so…

  • ShameBreaker Covenant

    God loves me, and has a wonderful plan for my life.  As I humble myself and turn away from my wicked ways, I position myself to receive the fullness of God’s blessings and favor. I confess that I have sinned — against myself, others, and God — to the point…

  • Twelve Steps to Breakthrough: Free Courts of Heaven Worksheet

    This worksheet is designed to help you achieve victory over the spiritual and psychological “curses” that prevent you from living the abundant life God intends for you. Specifically, it provides a structured format for us to “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find…

  • RSVP with God: Outcome-Driven Quiet Times

    RSVP stands for the four steps I have been using to help my spirit align with God’s purposes for my life: Rejoice: Meditate on yesterday’s emotional highs and lows until you find a way to rejoice in them Shalom: Repeat until you can rest in God’s peace. Over time your…

  • Reclaiming Eden, Part II: Adam’s Weakness

    Continued from Part I. Man and Woman were walking by a range of hills. Suddenly, a gleam of light caught Woman’s eye.  She glanced up, and saw a beautiful blue sparkle high up on the side of a cliff.  “Oh my,” she said, “how lovely!  I wonder what that is?” Without…

  • The Universal Commandment

    Enjoy, Love & Glorify God, Ourselves & Others As Jesus Does Corollary: The Meaning of Life God, Us & Others Enjoying, Loving, & Glorifying, God, Ourselves, Others & the World

  • The Sinners Prayer, 2.0

    Dear God, Thank you for creating me in Your image, and for loving us like Jesus. Make me more and more like Jesus as I listen to your Word, your Spirit, and your Body. Heal the wounds in my spirit that keep me from loving You, myself and others as…

  • Redeeming Charlottesville: A Cry of Radical Compassion

    O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: We praise You because You are a good God. In a world that seems filled with brokenness and evil, thank You for taking all that upon Yourself through the cross, so that we might be made whole. Our hearts go out…

  • A Pre-History of the San Francisco Revival

    A Pre-History of the San Francisco Revival

    “Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” – Matthew 26:13 (NLT) April 1st, 2024 A.D. By now, one-quarter of the way through the 21st century, almost everyone has heard of the San Francisco Revival. …

  • From the Kingdom to the Cross: A Confession

    I think we’ve missed something. To be fair, everyone else in the gospels — the crowds, the disciples, even John the Baptist — also missed it. But that’s still no excuse. Especially since we have their example. We have forgotten the cross of Christ.

  • The Sub-Missionary Confession

    I do not know everything.

  • Redemption: A Vision in Many Pieces

    Redemption A Vision in Many Pieces Ernest Prabhakar June 8th, 2001 “God, its too big for me to carry!” “I know, my son.” We sat at the bottom of my heart, facing the dark, concrete-like slab which was my need for love, my desire for human intimacy to the fill…

  • If Only In My Youth

    If Only In My YouthIf only I had known you     known you, truly known you If only I had known you in my youth…

  • LEAD! C.9 Confrontation and Confession

    To grow more like Christ, we need to honestly examine our lives to see where we are wrong, then freely confess (“agree with”) to God and others what is right. Memory Verse: “Remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and…

  • LEAD! C.4 Fervent Fasting

    Fasting denies our the body its most basic physical need so that God can supply our soul with its most fundamental spiritual needs. Memory Verse: “‘Now, therefore,’ says the LORD, ‘Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’ So rend your heart, and not…