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Tag Archives: Holy Spirit
James
Erica and I have been memorizing the Bible. We started with Philippians, and we both decided we’d each pick a different book for this next month. For some reason, I really wanted to study James. Now I know why. Yesterday, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, doctor, experience, faith, Healing, Jesus, Reading, Revelations, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, broken heart, CAT scan, compassion, cross, doctors, emergency, heartache, Holy Spirit, hospital, ICU, James, Jesus, joy, memorization, Philippians, smile, survivor, TBI
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A Shift in Perspective
It’s pretty quiet here at the office as far as people go. I’m the only one here right now, as classes have ended for the day and everyone else has gone home. Sitting here with my noise canceling headphones blasting … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, children, faith, God, Growth, India, neglect, New life, Perspective, poverty, Shift
Tagged Abba Father, blessings, brokenness, cake, child neglect, children, church, comfort, compassion, cross, faith, friends, God, heart ache, heart break, heartache, Holy Spirit, India, intimacy, Jesus, love, mercy, ministry, pain, poverty, reality, sacrifice, street children, suffering, teamwork, Yahweh
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A Child’s Cry
Father, You have walked me through chaos and brought me out to the other side. You have been near to me in my brokenness. You have collected all my tears. You have shown Your strength in my weakness. You have … Continue reading
8 Short Days…
since my last post. The same amount of time away from my official 4 month mark in India! Craziness. Today is Thursday, right? Last Thursday I spent my day off the way I usually do – life group in the … Continue reading
Posted in contrast, Expat Life, expatriate, faith, Forgetful, God, India, Journey, poverty, Prayer, Teaching, wealth
Tagged body of Christ, cafe, chocolate, Christian, contrast, expatriate, expatriate life, faith, fellowship, food, foodie, friends, Ganpati, gluten-free, God, Holy Spirit, India, joy, keychain, keys, ministry, obedience, peace, phone, plans, poverty, prayer, rich, saints, students, teacher, time flies, trust, vacation, wealth, worship
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Honestly…
This morning, I went to church. I got up early, got dressed and ready, and felt pretty good. Had it in my head that I was going to observe today. Audrey recommended it, and also brought up some things after … Continue reading
One for the Record Books
Several things over the past 48 hours have been pretty particularly peculiar: some awesome, some awful, some alarming… and some just plain old weird. 1: Life group with the gals was incredible. The Holy Spirit moved in power, the fellowship … Continue reading
Posted in children, endurance, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, food, Friends, God, Healing, humanity, India, Journey, Learning, Life, Mumbai, new experiences, overwhelmed, Perseverance, Prayer, Reflections, travel, word travel
Tagged baby, beach, BHK, Bollywood, bookstore, boy bands, Catholic, chicken, colors, flat, friends, Hindi, Holy Spirit, hotel, house hunting, housing, hunger, India, life group, men, motorcycle, persistence, poha, prayer, rickshaw, Sah Rukh Khan, saints, stars, sunset, weird, white
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When Self Wins
Love doesn’t have the chance to be clearly demonstrated. Just as a forward, please let me say that this is written on the basis of my behavior, on account of decisions that I made today, regardless of any seeming references … Continue reading
Posted in faith, God, humanity, Life, Reflections, sleepless
Tagged forgiveness, frustration, genuine, grace, grief, Holy Spirit, honesty, life, love, pain, pride, understanding, wisdom
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