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Pursue Devotion: Lord, Help Us Pursue You

Pursue Devotion: Lord, Help Us Pursue You

Often when Jesus asks us to clasp hold of His outstretched hand, He is asking us a few questions too: Do we want to trust Him more than ourselves? Do we want to be healed? Do we want to be restored and let go of the old life that is causing us pain? He asks if we are...

Presence Session Devotion: Dream and Invite God

Presence Session Devotion: Dream and Invite God

At new beginnings like the New Year we tend to think about our future. We dream a little more, make plans, write down goals. Some of us have become good at reaching our goals. Others are still trying to find our way.     Do you ever feel a hinderance to...

Presence Session Devotion: Together Lord

Presence Session Devotion: Together Lord

I am not sure what feelings the New Year brings for you, but it always brings mixed emotions for me—celebration mingled with regrets. I came and keep on coming to God with all the feelings and honest prayers. I invite you to also.     Lord, there are so many...

Presence Session Devotion: Lovers of God’s Presence

Presence Session Devotion: Lovers of God’s Presence

May we long for God's presence, as He longs for ours. May we delight in God's presence, as He delights in ours. May we be lovers of God's presence, as He is a lover of ours.     God wants to be with us. Sometimes the truth of His affection for us gets lost...

Presence Session: Come Fall Afresh On Me Lord

Presence Session: Come Fall Afresh On Me Lord

Today, each of us are facing the Monday after Christmas. And whether Christmas week was wonderful or not so much, I imagine that exhaustion has set in for you. Or, maybe just for me. I really did not want to wake up this morning. It’s not just physical exhaustion...

Presence Session Devotion: A Child is Given

Presence Session Devotion: A Child is Given

"The virgin will conceive a child. She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us'" (Isaiah 7:14).     During worship at our Christmas Eve service, I found myself praying these words for you and my family as well. I...

Presence Session Devotion: Remember Who Lives in You

Presence Session Devotion: Remember Who Lives in You

We struggle. As women, we struggle over so many things, especially when our emotions and hormones are not the way they should be. It is easy for us to go about our days, dealing with the struggle of life, and forget that there is also an enemy who is against us. The...

Presence Session Devotion: A Holy Exchange

Presence Session Devotion: A Holy Exchange

Sister friends, I pray that as you pray this, you will have an encounter with your Heavenly Father. I pray the walls will come down and you will approach His throne of grace—free of shame.     Father, call me. Call me by name. Call me so that I may hear the...

Presence Session Devotion: God’s Already Provided

Presence Session Devotion: God’s Already Provided

Lying in bed with my four-year old girl recently, I was reading through our Presence Study. When I came to Exodus 29:46 and read these words, “And they will know that I am Yahweh their God...” she stopped me and said, “What does that word mean, Mommy? It sounds like...

Presence Session Devotion: God is There Still

Presence Session Devotion: God is There Still

I find myself reaching out to God more and more often in the most random of places. Even still, every time I reach up, He reaches down. What I'm learning—what I know—is that everywhere I am, God is.     And what I'm searching and seeking and running hard...

Presence Session Devotion: Deep Calls Unto Deep

Presence Session Devotion: Deep Calls Unto Deep

Our spirits long for God's Presence so much more than we allow ourselves to linger in it. Deep calls unto deep. Our depths cry out for the depths of God. Our spirits are thirsting for His living water, hungry for His daily bread, and His Spirit is willing to pour into...

Pace Session Devotion: We Are Who God Says

Pace Session Devotion: We Are Who God Says

Pointed prayer posts are my absolute favorite, because it's when I invite you to pray, with me, honest prayers to our good, Good Father and our Ever-Present Help.     Lord, what's the point unless You go with me? It's You they need. Fill me with Your Spirit...

Pace Session Devotion: Live Still

Pace Session Devotion: Live Still

Every time I read the story of Mary and Martha I so wish I could relate more to the heart of Mary, but so often find myself in the eyes of Martha. Not that Martha was a bad person or doing bad things, but there’s no doubt Mary chose better that day.     It’s...

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