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Fear got a hold on you?

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What if I get cancer?  What if my husband has heart problems?  What if I can’t lead this group? What if … Fear can quickly pull me to the bottom of life’s sea.   Fear can hold us down and make us feel breathless. Fear got a hold on you? Loosen the grip with Max Lucado’s newest book, Fearless. This is a great reminder of who is in control and the God we can trust.  All of us face trials and with the right perspective, we can get through them. “It’s not the absence of storms that sets us apart.  It’s whom we discover in the storm: an unstirred Christ.” This weekend I worked on a message for our leadership team retreat.  After a few hours, I felt fear’s grip.  I began doubting my message – I doubted my ability – within a few minutes I was trying to figure out how in the world I got to lead a Women’s Ministry.  Can you relate? Lucado cautions, “Fear corrodes our confidence in God’s goodness.” When we …

Flat or Fizz

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Pop!  Fizz!  Bubbles…. There is nothing quite as refreshing as a bottle of Coca Cola.  My son loves the original small bottle… these days I’ve gone to Coke Zero.  Refreshing all the same.  And, there is nothing that compares to the disappointment of a big gulp of flat Coke…. Christians can be like a bottle of pop.  Fresh… invigorating…a welcome treat.  We can also be like the flat coke that doesn’t satisfy and leaves a bad aftertaste. II Thes. 2:17 “May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.” (The Message). What if all the Christ-followers you encountered today had “Fresh Fizz.”  What if they weren’t relying on last week’s devotion or Sunday’s sermon to enliven their speech? What if you and I were going into every meeting with new ideas filtered through the unending help and confidence that Jesus wants to give? Father, please fill us with your Holy …