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100 different Nehemiah Notes featured on
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Nehemiah
Notes, February 1, 2010 |
If God Loves Everyone,
Where Does That Leave Me?
Appreciating God's Distinctive Love
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“For a long time I had no doubt that God loved me, but it made no difference to me--for the fact is
that God loves everyone. And if God loves everybody,
what’s so special about the fact that he loves me?”
Although I had
never heard it expressed this way before, I realized immediately
that Nancy had her point. Our manner of talking about God can
imply that there’s no distinctiveness in a relationship with him
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Have you ever considered that God loves you in a way
that is different from his love for anyone else? Blaine
explores this deeply encouraging truth in this article.
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Nehemiah
Notes, January 15, 2010 |
Growing
Wise Emotionally
The Radical Difference
Self-Understanding Makes
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The
movie A Beautiful Mind documents John Nash’s battle with
mental illness. The Princeton mathematician suffered from
schizophrenia most of his adult life. The film stunningly portrays how
Nash learned to question the reality of illusory persons, who appeared
to him often. Just as important, he learned to deny their predictions of doom, and
refused to accept their guidance as valid for his life. . . .
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Blaine looks at how to break the grip of
runaway emotions, and open ourselves to their God-given
positive role. Read the article.
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When God Does the Unexpected
Four Miracles That Help Us
Realize Our Potential
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In The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck writes of his fascination with
“serendipities.” These are special but inexplicable experiences of
blessing. Events occur in our lives, he notes, which bring us great benefit
yet defy logical explanation. Peck does not hesitate to term such
incidents miracles.
Peck marvels, for
instance, at how sometimes in a dreadful traffic accident an individual
will emerge from a mangled vehicle unharmed. This seems to point to the
miraculous protection of God . . .
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God is fully capable of “bending the rules” when providing for us
and coming to our aid. Blaine explains in
this article.
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