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What Are Our Take-Aways From Our Times of Wrestling?
By Lisa S. Tarno Are we curious enough to inquire, “What am I to learn from THIS?” Are we bold enough to insist on getting a blessing from the tough things we must endure? My inspiration for today’s article came from a bizarre passage in the Bible (see Genesis 32:24-32). The patriarch, Jacob, wrestled with a…
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When You Think You Know Best…
By Lisa S. Tarno “Even young people faint and get exhausted; athletic ones may stumble and fall. But those who entwine their hearts with YAHWEH will experience divine strength…” Isaiah 40:30-31 TPT I thought I was fairly athletic still at my age. “I have done this activity many times in Colorado,” I thought to myself. I was…
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Managing Expectations In Life
By Lisa S. Tarno I think I have a new revelation on managing expectations in life better so as to also manage disappointments in kind. Expectations or anticipations set us up for something hopeful and good, but when they are not met as we perceive them in our mind’s eye, disappointment invariably occurs. Instead I…
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Stare At God; Glance At Our Lives
By Lisa S. Tarno Learning to stare at God and glance at our lives is a great teaching method authored by Kristi McClelland to approach studying the Bible with a Middle Eastern lens opposed to our Western lens. I’m thoroughly enjoying her study right now called “Jesus & Women: In The First Century And Now”…
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Silence
By Lisa S. Tarno I often retreat into silence when I don’t know how to respond. I figure it’s better to error on that side than saying something I might later regret. I’ve learned to take time to sort things and settle myself rather than give an abrupt answer. My silence is not acceptance of…
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Can We Change God’s Mind?
By Lisa S. Tarno Do you think we can change God’s mind? Genesis 18 shows Abraham interceding for Sodom and Gomorrah; Exodus 32 shows Moses praying for God’s anger to abate towards the idol worshipping Israelites…and it seems like God changes his first course of action. What are we to take away from these examples…
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