Tag: Devotions

• Read the Directions: Do Not Over Inflate

  If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but…

  cdyeagerwrites

  July 23, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Spiritual Transformation

  brokenness, Christianity, Devotions, Emptiness, Excellence, healing, humility, Inspiration, Love, Relying on God, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Read the Directions: This is Not a Step

  My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled. – Psalm 17:5 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. – Proverbs 4:26 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to…

  cdyeagerwrites

  July 15, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Spiritual Transformation

  Boundaries, Christianity, Devotions, Excellence, Holiness, Relying on God, Signs, Spiritual discipline

• Read the Directions: Some Assembly Required

  His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in…

  cdyeagerwrites

  June 23, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Devotions, Patience, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Read the Directions: Shake Well Before Using

  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. – Psalms 139:23-24 (NIV) My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that…

  cdyeagerwrites

  June 16, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  Devotions, Faith, Meeting God, mercy, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, trials

• Read the Directions: Introduction

  You’ve read them a thousand times…the directions on bottles, packages and posters giving advice or warnings to those who take notice. Shake well before using. Some assembly required. Don’t feed the Hippopotamus. Some may increase our enjoyment of salad dressing, but others can save our life. These directions come from various sources and motivations, and…

  cdyeagerwrites

  June 9, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Devotions, Relying on God, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• The Shepherd and the Sheep: David’s Reality Check

  The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised…

  cdyeagerwrites

  May 6, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  brokenness, Devotions, humility, mercy, Relying on God, shepherd, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality and the natural world

• The Good Shepherd: Tending a Blemished Flock

  I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. – Ezekiel 34:15-16…

  cdyeagerwrites

  April 23, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  Community, daughters, Devotions, fatherhood, green, healing, mercy, Provision, Relying on God, shepherd, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality and the natural world

• The Shepherd and the Sheep: Stray Sheep

  I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. – Psalms 119:176 (NIV) I have been lost before; lost in such a way that I had no hope of finding my way to safety on my own.  Only the effort of someone else seeking me out and…

  cdyeagerwrites

  April 15, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  brokenness, Community, Devotions, fatherhood, Provision, Relying on God, shepherd, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Wisdom

• The Shepherd and the Sheep: Introduction

  A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. – Psalm 23:1-3 The scriptures are occupied by numerous shepherds.  From Abel, the favored…

  cdyeagerwrites

  April 7, 2011

  Spiritual Transformation

  blessing, brokenness, Devotions, fatherhood, humility, Meeting God, presence, Provision, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality and the natural world

• The Discipline of Presence: Being About Today

  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in…

  cdyeagerwrites

  March 4, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Devotions, Faith, Patience, presence, Provision, Relying on God, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Timing