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Rise up in ... reflection!

Elizabeth Mata

Jesus’ “rebellion” wasn’t personal or fueled by anger. He was not waging war against others or in danger of losing his stability and peace even as he “acted boldly.” He was bringing the healing power of God, good, to counter “the accredited evidence of the senses.”

TeenConnect: Q&A

Do prayer and exercise go together?

John Biggs

I’d discovered that my joy, my strength, my capacity were all sourced in God, who is certain and sure.

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Healing at hockey camp

Alison Inches McKown

Mom got out a book that had helped Hunter before because it has lots of stories about God in it.

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It wasn’t God versus the flood

Tori Fredrickson

I stopped checking to see if the water was rising. I realized that my only job was to bear witness to God’s omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniaction.

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Fellowship: Learning from the early Christians

Susan Angle Damone

Much more than just exchanging warm hellos once or twice a week with people sharing the same pew, our fellowship strengthens us individually and collectively, especially when challenges arise.

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Why wait for healing?

Melissa Hayden

When it seemed that circumstances were stacked against an individual, or the situation seemed irredeemable, Jesus’ understanding of God, good, and trust in his heavenly Father necessarily brought healing and salvation.

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What’s my thinking got to do with it?

John Tyler

As I thought about my teammates, I had to bring into focus in my thinking God’s consciousness of their identities as His purely spiritual expression. I had to fill my thoughts about them with how they were known in Truth and embraced by Love.

TeenConnect: Turning Point

When I didn’t get accepted to university

Tanya Mapeta

I turned to prayer and let go of how I wanted things to turn out, instead trusting God with every aspect of my life.

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Lessons from volunteering at a prison

Whit Larsen

Institutional work has taught me the importance of loving myself—seeing myself as God sees me—so that I can freely love others and be available to serve God in the way He points out.