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When weāre walled on every side by insurmountable, when the odds arenāt in our favor, when thereās no action or inaction thatās risk-free, what do we do? Because sometimes it appears there isnāt a way out.
Maybe youāve been there, or thatās where you are today: pinched between bad and also bad. You need an immediate and miraculous rescue.
Letās turn for a moment, from the story youāre living to one described in the book of 1 Samuel. Here we find faith that takes a little different angle than Even If Faith (even if You donāt answer the way I hope, I still trust You, God) or Nevertheless Faith (in the middle of the very worst, nevertheless I choose to believe that Youāre good). This is a story of Maybe He Will Faith.
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When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what weāve learned about hospitality because weāve somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home.
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When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what weāve learned about hospitality because weāve somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home.
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Are you longing for soul rest too? Grace that holds? Peace that lasts? Letās name it together.
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Consider this: What if the multi-faceted masterpiece of your God-given strengths and life experiences helps you reflect Jesus in a way that literally no one else can?
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As I remember my dadās calm presence in the passenger seat, I think of Jennifer Dukes Leeās nudge to see Jesus as a driverās ed coach rather than a chauffeur.
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As I hold the decisions I want to delay and the ones Iām tempted to rush in open hands, hereās whatās helping me tune in to Godās voice right now.
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When Iām tempted to make assumptions about something thatās likely not about me, I ask myself a question: Is my reaction opening my heart or closing me off?
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Itās been one year since the biggest, littlest miracle happened. As I stand on this side, thankful for now, and also knowing not a single tomorrow is guaranteed, I think of you.
Maybe youāre begging for it to all make sense. You might be white-knuckling a prayer because time is short and youāre scared. Or youāre looking backwards, grieving something you couldnāt fix.
Sometimes our knees find the floor because Godās nearness overwhelms us, and sometimes itās because weāre desperate to find Him. The latter are the moments we want to believe God knows best and actually cares. Because we need reassurance that His heart is wholly, irrevocably good.
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The rest of the (in)courage guest post I read. Life Changing Stories devotional. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE. -
I was the kid my parents would regularly remind to stand up straighter. Because Iād slouch. If that was you too, you know how you sometimes feel like you never outgrew the label of insecure adolescent.
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Iāll walk you through the key habits in my current morning routine, not to tell you what to include in yours, but to show you how to use a framework that can flex with the time you have available on any given day. Hereās what Iām believing for you: hunger to know God more fully and grace for what it looks like in your actual life.
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Breath prayers to combat anxiety. The worship songs I love best. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE. -
Ever feel like youāre on the operating table? Like all your wound-tight knots and woundedness are under scrutiny?
Thatās where I was just the other dayāasking a brave question in my journal then heading outside to work through it with God while I walked.
When you find yourself turning well wishes for the weekend into āleave me alone,ā assuming genuine questions indicate annoyance and obligation, and taking gentle correction as confirmation you canāt do anything right, youāve got to get to the bottom of it.
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The very spots that deplete us of our rightness and self-sufficiency open us up to truth that frees and a God who redeems. The fractures sting, but they deflate pride, make more room for God inside. They help us get out of our own way so God can have His perfect way in us.
Iāve been one to pray itās behind me soon. Figured out fast. Healed fully and speedily.
But thatās often not Godās way. He sees whatās beneath confident exteriors and denials of help. Knows where words have wedged then splintered. Where weāre rehashing the past or fearing the future.
Sometimes He lets us break so He can repair the breach, not in a quick-fix way but with patient, gentle care that heals through to the bone. He also nudges us toward each other as we mature in our faith.
Why? Because we seek reassurance that weāre not alone. We long to be held while weāre lending each other courage to try again, truth to combat false narratives weāve adopted, and trust that God is more than able to make impossible things happen.
Hereās the thing: we get to prop up each otherās arms and encourage discouraged hearts and stand in solidarity. Our very presence becomes an anchor, tethering each other to hope that runs in abundance.
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Letās talk tips for adding positive voices to our list and giving more attention to the ones we already listed.
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To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Joyce Meyersā āKnowing Who I Am In Christ.ā Grab the Songs I Play on Repeat playlist from the resource library! My favorites to follow on Instagram: Jennifer Dukes Lee, (in)courage, The Ruth Experience, Jill E. McCormick, Jennifer Sakata, Robyn Chapman, and Caesar Kalinowski. Mary Demuthās 90-day Bible reading challenge. Try Dwell Differently: Overcome Negative Thinking with the Simple Practice of Memorizing Godās Truth Book rec: She Believed HE Could, So She Did: Trading Cultureās Lies for Christ-Centered Empowerment.) Guided journal rec: Stuff Iād Only Tell God. Alli Holcombās All of My Days album. Wrap Yourself In The Word exercise. Read the written version of this episode HERE. -
Thatās what I envisioned for the rest of my lifeāoverseas missions. I wanted to follow Mother Teresaās footsteps to India.
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To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. For Enneagram insight into how you can lean into your strengths as a missional neighbor and best love your neighbors, grab my (free) Enneaneighboring listsāavailable both as phone wallpaper and printables. Finally, take the 30-day missional living challenge as you read Cultivating a Missional Life: A 30-Day Devotional to Gently Help You Open Your Heart, Home, and Life to Your Neighbors. Itās free on Kindle for a few days and you can get a sample week from my resource library anytime. Read the written version of this episode HERE. -
If youāre like me, youād rather re-live the happy moment before the scar formed. The day at the waterpark with your 4-H club or the bike ride with your boyfriend or the ease of slicing vegetables with a Cutco knife. The untainted dream, memory, relationship. But what changed you is the pain. What changes all of us is the things that give God open access.
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Neighboring Tip of the Week email series.
Stuff I'd Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link).
Relentless by Michelle Cushatt (aff link).Find Your People by Jennie Allen (aff link).
Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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Maybe youāre overdue an exhale also.
I see it in your face with its tired lines and clenched jaw. Your crammed calendar and the gas light on your dashboard.
Itās been you trying to figure it out for long enough. You worrying about it late into the night, blaming yourself for being behind, criticizing your honest hard effort.
Links mentioned:
Neighboring Tip of the Week email series.
Stuff I'd Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link).
Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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For those of us teetering close to burnout, hereās what Iām learning to put first.
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Neighboring Tip of the Week email series. "There is No Striving" by UpperRoom. Growing Slow by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link). Remaining You While Raising Them by Alli Worthington. The Everyday Disciple podcast by Caesar Kalinowski. Read the written version of this episode HERE. -
Maybe you need less try-hard and self-blame and instead, a well-placed visual reminder. Something on your phone or wall or mirror to keep your goal constantly on your mind.
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Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest itās $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional.
Free list of 200 missional words to encourage you to get to know God and your neighbors better. Get it HERE.Read the written version of this episode HERE.
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