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  • This Isn’t Where I Thought I’d Be

    Donna Jones, COMPEL Training Member | August 12, 2022

    “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.” 1 Peter 1:1-2 (NIV)

    • Identity in Christ
    • Contentment
  • How Do We Keep Going When Our Situation Still Looks Hopeless?

    Lysa TerKeurst | August 11, 2022

    “'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'” Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

    • God's Plan
    • Hope in Uncertainty
    • Obedience
  • Learning To Live Faithfully Right Where You Are

    Ruth Schwenk | August 10, 2022

    "He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:30 (NIV)

    • Obedience
    • Humility
    • Faith
  • Running on Empty

    Meghan Mellinger | August 9, 2022

    “Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” Genesis 2:3 (NIV)

    • Time with God
    • Rest
  • Who, Me? How God Can Use You To Save the World

    Alice Matagora | August 8, 2022

    “They said to the woman, ‘We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.’” John 4:42 (NIV)

    • God's Glory
    • Healing
    • God's Plan
  • Finished Seasons

    Nicki Koziarz | August 5, 2022

    “Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.” Ecclesiastes 7:8 (ESV)

    • Contentment
    • God's Plan
    • Change
  • What Do You Do When You’re in a Season of Dryness?

    Blair Linne | August 4, 2022

    "I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites." Exodus 25:22 (CSB)

    • Hope in Uncertainty
    • Mercy
  • Shining Your Light for Jesus

    Karen Wingate | August 3, 2022

    “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NIV)

    • God's Love
    • Serving Others
    • Encouraging Others
  • Know When To Hold Your Peace

    Chrystal Evans Hurst | August 2, 2022

    “Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, 'So You are the King of the Jews?' And Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you say’… And still He did not answer him in regard to even a single charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.” Matthew 27:11, 14 (NASB)

    • Identity in Christ
    • Peace
    • Self Control
  • You Are Significant to His Kingdom

    Savannah Gwinn-Wright, COMPEL Training Member | August 1, 2022

    “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them …” Romans 12:4-6 (NKJV)

    • Identity in Christ
    • Obedience
  • Peace By Piece

    Brenda Bradford Ottinger | July 29, 2022

    “Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NLT)

    • Prayer
    • Surrender
    • Peace
  • Did You Get Hit With Hard News Recently? Read This

    Lysa TerKeurst | July 28, 2022

    "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'” John 14:6 (NIV)

    • Grief
    • Suffering
  • Taking Risks, Trusting God

    Diane Ferraro | July 27, 2022

    “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (ESV)

    • Courage
    • Trust
    • Faith
  • The Risk of Not Being Able To Listen

    Lynn Cowell | July 26, 2022

    “When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.” Esther 2:15 (ESV)

    • Sanctification
    • Humility
    • Listening
  • Prayer’s Path to Wonder

    Jodi Harris | July 25, 2022

    “So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him … when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.” Acts 12:5, 16 (NIV)

    • Encouraging Others
    • Prayer
  • Where To Look When We’re Prone To Wander

    Beth Knight | July 22, 2022

    “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.” Proverbs 4:25-27 (NIV)

    • Obedience
    • Sanctification
  • Exercising Different Strengths When We Feel Weak

    Elizabeth Laing Thompson | July 21, 2022

    "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)

    • Grace
    • Surrender
    • Strength
  • Take Up Your Bed and Walk

    Kelly Anne Burns | July 20, 2022

    “… ‘Do you want to be made well?’… Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’ And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.” John 5:6,8-9a (NKJV)

    • God's Timing
    • God's Plan
    • Healing
    • Suffering
  • On Wailing and Worship

    Karen Ehman | July 19, 2022

    “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 (CSB)

    • Prayer
    • Worship
    • Suffering
  • Missed Exits: Turning Up the Voice of God

    Shala W. Graham | July 18, 2022

    “And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” Isaiah 30:21‬ (NRSV‬‬A)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

    • Faith
    • God's Word
    • Listening

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