As Jesus was tempted when he went without, so are we tempted when the life of God isn’t flowing into our life

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Faith comes in and teaches us how to lean on God’s abundant grace. Without it, at some level we are looking to our own works for approval.

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Leaning on grace helps us pass God’s tests when we fail at the worlds’

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When we walk in faith we are trusting that he wants to and is able to support us.

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Leaning on Grace after I failed the test I finally passed it

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Choosing to deny our fleshly urges and ego needs produces a character in us as it draws a deeper dependency and intimacy with our role model and Savior Jesus Christ

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Trustworthy are those who can own and take responsibility of their shadow

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Jesus demonstrated that true life comes out of a dying process

See “Suffering Well” post.

Like a dead plant replanted in fertile ground, there is opportunity for life.

“As we live to the spirit we are putting the deeds of the flesh to death”.

Much of our efforts to exalt ourselves is in vain if it doesn’t come from the right motivation.

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The governing self is the self in control. The governor who submits to His creator is the one we want to elect

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When we judge ourselves we are splitting off from living life as a created being, while clinging to that old stubborn KOGE tree

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An empty soul must feel his worth in the strong and comforting hands of grace

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As we show up to be comforted in our own pain, we grow in capacity to hold others’ pain and comfort them. It’s called Comfort Capacity.

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Do not fear, Jesus will always reroute our path if we get lost

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What being present to one another looks like and why it is so rare

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Wipe off the sh@% messages you picked up along the way

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We all talk to ourselves, sometimes out loud, but most of the time in the privacy of our minds. The result is always the same – the things we say determine the way we live our lives.

You are what you think by D. Stoop, p. 50

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