Author: Kirstyn Mayden
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July 24 • A Heart That Loves Much
I absolutely love the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7. In this chapter, we read of Jesus eating at the home of a religious leader. While there, a sinful woman enters, anoints Jesus’ feet with perfume, wets his feet with her tears, and wipes them with her hair. Those eating with Jesus mentally… Read more
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July 23 • The God Who Blesses
King David was very wealthy, yet over and over again in the Psalms, He talks about meditating on God’s truth, thinking on God’s Word, and seeking God alone. Listen to what he wrote in Psalm 73: 25-26. He says: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire… Read more
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July 22 • A Firm Foundation
When the truth of God is not our foundation, we start looking to this world for answers, we start trying to do things in our own strength, or relying on others to do for us what only God was meant to do. We’ll constantly find ourselves feeling inadequate, disappointed, and betrayed. James says this person… Read more
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July 21 • Why Worry When You Can Pray
If God would sacrifice His own Son to secure our eternity with Him, surely He is trustworthy to handle our today and tomorrow. Romans 8:32 reminds us: “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans… Read more
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July 20 • God is For You
There is no hope in knowing God is with you and that He is in control, if we believe He is this mean and cantankerous God waiting to strike us down with the next bad thing. It’s our own untrue thoughts about God and who He is that can fuel the fire to our anxious… Read more
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July 19 • We Do Not Wrestle Against Flesh and Blood
Whether it’s at home, work, or church, the enemy wants to divide you from those you love and those who love you. To do this, he’ll encourage bitterness, resentfulness, hate, anger, selfishness, and more to cause distance and discord between you and other people. In these cases, we must realize who our real enemy is.… Read more
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July 18 • The Cure for Double-Mindedness
If you are double-minded, making decisions may be very challenging. If you are accepting world-views that are in conflict with one another, you may become confused as to which way to go. The main cure for double-mindedness to make a decision. Who will you serve? Who will you believe? And don’t be mistaken, choosing to… Read more
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July 17 • A Woman After God’s Own Heart
King David valued God greatly and honored Him. As a young man, he defeated the giant Goliath (1 Samuel 17:41-52), not because of his own strength, but because He truly believed in God’s strength. David’s faith was great in God. Listen to what he says to Goliath before their fight: “For the battle is the… Read more
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July 16 • When You Fear Change
Fear can represent a lack of trust in God, but because we’re usually afraid of change, fear may be a sign you are in a transitioning season. Now we don’t give into fear. We push forward anyway because that is what God calls us to do. Before Joshua was called to transition God’s people from… Read more
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July 15 • A Desire For God
David was a man of wealth and power, however his desire was not for these things. In the Psalms, David writes: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.” (Psalm 73:25 NIV) Our first command from God is to love Him with our whole hearts (Matthew 22:37). This… Read more
