tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29706180550804397382011-11-27T15:43:54.849-08:00Welcome to an adventure of the heart. This blog is an extension of Riders for Christ-- a trail riding fellowship whose desire is to seek after the Heart of God through equestrian and outdoor adventure.Kimberly Brixeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06528937888067792965noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970618055080439738.post-26493505566286495102011-05-01T05:10:00.000-07:002011-05-01T08:22:31.374-07:00

 "Prayers are Hand Delivered to God by Angels"  In accordance with the Holy Scriptures, the prayers of the righteous; are answered. give courage. give mercy. invoke God's presence. get God's attention. are pleas which produce the knowledge of afflictions in our own hearts. cause heaven to hear our hearts. cause heaven to uphold our causes. are heard by God, who hears them and responds. open

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Day Forty Five--- We are half-way through this study!! To all that have kept up with us-- Congratulations! Keep going. For those of you just starting-- no pressure.... it has only taken us six months to complete the first half so you should have plenty of time to catch up and keep up.  Getting Fit to Engage the Enemy  Today's study is an excellent example to emphasize why an undertaking

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"I AM" the bread of life the light of the world the door of the sheep the good sheperd the ressurection and the life the way, the truth, and the life the vine; you are the branches Jesus is not only a way; Jesus is the only way. STUDY GUIDEFollow along in JOHN: 90 Days with the Beloved Disciple by Beth Moore pages 209-214Read John 8: 48-59 Answer the questions in your study guide.  Share a

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Whatever is:  true noble right pure lovely admirable excellent praiseworthy think about such things. When you think about: people places things keep your thoughts on the above attributes and you will keep Satan at bay. When you think about: yourself the things you've heard others say about you keep your thoughts only on those attributes listed above and you will keep yourself focused on who

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 Jazz's Heart     God loves the world. How do I know this? Well, besides the fact that God's word boldy states:  "God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in HIm will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16),"  God  also lets me know on a personal level. Not only through the amazing relationship I developed with my best friend,

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The NEW WINE flows with unending Love!     I have had the most difficult time trying to write about the subject of NEW WINE. NEW WINE: The precious gift that Christ left us in his HOLY SPIRIT. A Holy Spirit that would fill us with more love and joy and peace than we can contain. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,   gentleness and

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Into Marvelous Light I'm Running     We were made for social interaction on both a physical and spiritual level. Imagine being at a wedding celebration where Christ is mingling among the guests in the flesh. To be that close, to have a chance to go up and interact socially with your Lord and Saviour, even greet him with a hug, now that would be the ultimate social interaction. As many of my

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      I've believed in God as long as I can remember but I truly began a relationship with Christ in the spring of 1999. I was standing in a church in Lawrence, KS doing my best to avoid Jesus propoganda and convinced no one would convince me. "Where is the evidence?"  I asked. My beloved friend, Ineka, who I miss very much replied, "I used to ask for evidence and believed intellectually but now

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    After food and water, there are three basic humans needs which are referenced in scripture. Meaning & purpose is referenced in Ecclesiastes 3:22, "So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot," To love and be loved is in 1 Corinthians 13:13, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love," and

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Plan to join us for the first trail ride of the season, March 19, 2011 at R4C Ranch. We'll be riding the trails at the ranch and meeting up at the retreat for an evening campfire fellowship.  Mark your calendars so you don't miss out. All horses trailered in must have a current negative coggins and up to date health certificate. Haul-in fees are waived for this ride!! Our first overnight ride

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Do you believe that Jesus died for you and you will spend eternity with him when you die? Are you believing in Christ every day so that you may have life with him now? There is a difference.  "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:31 There's more than eternal life in heaven. Yes, there

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 You don't have to plow through on your own         Jesus came into my adult life unpretentiously. I was prideful in my suffering and thinking, really God? You want me to believe in Jesus after all of this. God said "Blessed child-- you can come and let me show you or walk out the door. I will never force you." I can still remember the day I almost chose to walk out the door but something

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 Walking out of Darkness      Walking out of darkness is still in the dark, you can see the light but haven't reached it. What would be different if you lived in the light?      God is bringing us out of the darkness to live in the fullness of Christ's grace and truth. This is where the overflowing Joy of living in his fullness comes from.     What would be different if you

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Looking for Love, It's out there somewhere!      This day's study reminded me of the lyrics, "Searching for love in all the wrong places." Where have you searched for love and acceptance? Your school friends; co-workers, parents, siblings, or bosses? Your spouse or children, even? Why do you think that love always lets you down or at times can not meet your expectations of true love? I believe

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     Having had to say goodbye to my young Arabian mare, Mystic, this week; I have struggled with the whole letting go concept. I sometimes contemplate my relationship to the horses and to the ranch. Am I putting them before God or letting God use me through them? If God called me away to follow him elsewhere, how difficult would it be to walk away and leave it all behind?      It's like the

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        Busying myself with ranch work helped me ignore the worries trying to crawl up from my gut during my son's deployment to Iraq. "No news is good news," my son told me several times. I walked out of the barn to find out what had set the dog alarms off. Stepping out of a long black car, two men in suits stepped out onto our gravel drive and started walking toward the barn where I stood

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"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials." 1 Peter 1:6 If it wasn't enough that 2010 started out with a life-threatening injury to one of my dearest friends, my horse, Jazz, the year ended with the sudden death of a beautiful, arabian mare, Mystic.  I found her cast in a small ditch on Sunday and we could not get her

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    "Church life to [the early disciples] was moving in the adrenaline and excitement of the Holy Ghost at the risk of life and limb," says Beth Moore claiming, "We are all built for adventure."       Feeling average, moving boldly and nothing happens, thinking you're out on your own, or being stuck in a rut are all common reasons we miss the Great Adventure. Looking for adventure on an average

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Every breath I take, Every move I make, Every thought of thee You created me, I am thanking you! Every Song I sing, Every summer and spring, Every flower I smell, I got a story to tell, I am thanking you! Thank you for my job, Thank you for my mom, Thank you for my dad, All the love I've had, I am thanking you! Every sight I see, Every friend I meet, Every tune I hear, Wiping off a tear, I am

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 So Happy You're Here       "What is the right hand of fellowship?" More Christian lingo, I thought. Wikipedia defines the Right Hand of Fellowship as an act of acceptance by the church to those deemed worthy. However, when those esteemed as pillars of the new testament church gave the right hand of fellowship to Paul and Barnabas it was because they recognized the grace given to them not

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 "So I decided there is nothing better under the sun than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in one's work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God."  Ecclesiastes 2:24 (NLT) Pleasures from the hand of God    Last night after putting up square bales in the barn with my son, I realized how blessed I was to enjoy hard work. There is a great satisifaction in a

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    You may have noticed I have posted 1/3 of our 90 day study and they are not coming in daily. Two reasons: I try to complete my personal study first and some days that is all I manage to get done. Secondly, the topics have been a little more challenging than I expected. I have spent several days praying over some of the topics before I can manage to type up a post. I hope you are finding the

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Hearing Whispers In the Rain      There is nothing more frustrating than hearing, "I'm sorry," and then having the same infraction repeated over and over again. How many times do you respond, "You're forgiven," and trust that person not to hurt you again in the same way? Maybe the first time, maybe even the second time but by the third time you are probably starting to wonder if you can trust

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     "The awesomeness of God's answerless presence." I love this line Beth uses to help us understand the times when God acts differently than we expect or had hoped. Maybe someone you love died of an illness you'd been praying for God to heal, maybe you learn of another war, or see images of a town devasted by a natural disaster. Why is God allowing such things to happen in the world? Sometimes

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 For You are our Peace         Christians are often stereotyped with the idea that if you do not believe the same as them then they want to send you to hell. This may have started with the idea that James and John presented to Jesus about the Samarians. They wanted to call fire down from heaven due to a small infraction. But Jesus had other plans, he arranged for John to be an ambassador to

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 Offer the Living Water       I often think back on the time when my daughter brought back a children's picture bible from the playground in our apartment complex. She was so excited that a group was meeting there and they gave her a free book. I on the other hand was upset that someone was trying to indoctrinate my daughter into their religious beliefs without my permission. What was I

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Where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth Songs of Joy!     As the sun rose over the lake, I stood with my three preschool children and meditated on its beauty. It was an extremely spiritual moment. We had come to witness the first rays of the summer solstice. As I practiced the rituals of my new age religion, my words thanked Father Sky and Mother Earth for their beauty but my

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Leap of Faith      My thirteen year old was explaining the art of asking a girl out to me. He said, "It's a leap of faith, mom. They might say, "yes," but there is a chance they will say, "no." But if you don't take that leap of faith you never know the answer." I feel your pain son. Being newly single in my forties was not comfortable. It's just not as simple as it was in my early twenties

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Do you see what I see?     "Do you see what I see?" is a game my son and I often play. Staring into the clouds we name the shapes we see. "Do you see the alligator?" "Do you see the elephant?" "Do you see the sail boat?" The object of the game  is to find what the other person saw before it disappears or changes shape. It's amazing how the clouds form and change their shape and disappear

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Love Knows No Bounds       When my first son was born, I fell madly in love. They put that baby in my arms and my heart felt a love I had never experienced before. Over the next two years my husband and I built a life around this baby and our passion in life was to watch as he experienced every new milestone. From his first giggle to his first step to his first fall in the snow, we were so in

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Fling Wide Those Heavenly Gates      The excitement of a new believer is probably one of the most misunderstood phenomenons among unbelievers than anything else they witness in born again Christians. To the new believer, the lights just came on and the doors to a new world have been flung open. It is so exciting you can't help but want to share that with everyone you meet. If you saw Jesus

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Cease Striving and Know God      On the third day Jesus rose again and walked among them for 40 days. As followers the disciples had pretty much figured out their role at the feet of Jesus, they were students and Jesus was their teacher. A much more comfortable role than at the foot of the cross. When Jesus appeared after the cruxificion he didn't return to the old way of doing things. He

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And because we know that what we sow  does not come to life unless it dies -1 Cor 15:37         I managed to ignore the stick in the ground all winter. In the spring, even when the other trees all around it were budding and growing thick shawls of green the stick that stuck in the ground without a bud on it never bothered me. Even though this was the tree my late husband's family planted in his

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Stop the world, let me off      John remained close to Jesus even when it looked like the mission he was on failed. He watched his King suffer at the hands of others, he watched what he may have felt was defeat as Jesus hung on the cross. Though in those dark moments he remained near to him, I am sure he was feeling very defeated and unsure of the future, unsure of the victory.      I feel that

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      The night I dropped my twelve year old off at his first campout, I offered to give the scoutmaster my cell phone number. “Just call me if he has any problems and I can come and get him.” The scoutmaster put his arm around me and walked me toward my car, “I have never called a parent to pick up a boy from camp. He’ll figure it out.” My little boy, who had never slept a night without a

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I AM THERE     I was thirteen when my big brother died. I never saw my parents cry. I witnessed a few hugs but they tried hard to maintain a strong appearance in front of the kids. It was years before I heard anyone mention his name I assumed to keep from upsetting us. I was twenty the first time my mom and I had a nice conversation about my big brother. I was visiting after being away from

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     “Then Satan entered Judas,” at this point in the story I am quite concerned. Can that happen? Could Satan enter me? Thankfully I can not think of a great anecdote to start off my post with as I usually do. I can not think of one of my life stories that can set this up. “Then Satan entered Judas.” Judas, a follower of Christ and God allowed Satan to enter him. This puzzles me. Was Judas a

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I'll be your firend, I'll help you carry on~ "Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We always know that there's tomorrow Lean On Me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow For no one can

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Search, Discover, Share      Every day I am wondering what this day has to do with God’s plan for me. However, today I was acutely reminded that he is working in me and I have faith He is struggling to bring out the best in me. I had seriously judged someone and as much as I tried not to I jumped to conclusions about this person. Interestingly enough I ran into this person later in the day in

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Quiet Suffering     “Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” I can hardly handle the suffering and the pain in my tiny little story on earth and I can not even conceive of the suffering and the pain Christ endured for me. However, we do have the advantage point that James and John did not. We know the cup that Jesus was to drink and the

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A chaplain shared this with me  to pray daily while my daughter is deployed. I wanted to share it with you if you are feeling attacked he recommends praying God's word, in particular Psalm 91 daily. Psalm 91 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." 3 Surely he

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Sorry for the departure from the study. I am having a little internet connection problems. They should be resolved by this weekend and we will get back on track. Enjoy this time in personal reflection on God's word and/or catch up with the first 12 days of the 90 day study if you'd like to join us!

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Pure Power  (image by Carol Poland)      It sounds like James and John were getting pretty excited about the new powers Jesus had delegated to them. "Should we call down fire from heaven," they asked. Jesus rebuked them helping them learn to keep their powers in proper perspective. Have you ever been in a position where someone has let their position of authority go to their head? If those with

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NOW THIS WOULD TRANSFORM A HOT SUMMER NIGHT      I want to see Jesus’ transformation and fall on my face in inexpressible awe. It must have been amazing to see Jesus walking around and talking to them after they watched him hang on that cross and saw the very breath of life escape from him. I found it interesting that they only saw him during those 40 days appear and disappear at his will. They

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           Jesus took Peter, John, and James into the room with him to raise up the little girl from her death bed. Imagine being one of the few chosen to be with Jesus at this time. Already Jesus had chosen only twelve to be close to him but of the twelve he specifically choses only three for this particular moment. It is interesting to ponder why. I also wonder what they must have been thinking

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Every New Day I Turn to You       When the disciples-to-be went to find Jesus they said, "Everyone is looking for you." The value of his outward mission seemed more pressing to them than Jesus' solitary time in prayer. And you almost feel like Jesus confirms that when he comes back and says, "Let's go on to the next village so I can preach there because that is why I have come." But it makes me

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     After reading and re-reading today's lesson trying to find the words to articulate some kernel of truth; I thought it might be best to take a moment of silence for reflection. Topic: relationships. Take a moment to reflect on the Joy God has brought you though the relationships you have had over your lifetime. Who has been there for most of the years? What about those who you knew only for a

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Broken Tree      Healing is often a controversial subject even among the Christian community. TV "healers" have overdramatized the faith healing movement and made skeptics due to their flash and show. Many believers have prayed for healing and never seen it. I spent hours in hands-on prayer praying for my husband to be healed. I was hurt when I was told by a fellow Christian that he wasn't

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Displays of God's Glory           When my husband and I first came to know Christ as adults, I was on fire. I was so amazed at all the wisdom that was contained in the bible that I couldn't get enough. We signed up for a bible study small group and I was so eager to share with them all the suprises I was finding in God's word. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness

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     It is easy to think that you can’t keep up with the Jones’ when the only time you enter their home it is by invitation. Mrs. Jones pays the kids double their regular allowance to help prepare for your arrival and even pays the neighbor boy to mow the lawn and trim around the edge of the sidewalk with a weed eater. She is so particular about how the house looks when guests arrive she even

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Who Do You Trust?       When I think about following a total stranger, I always get this picture of a man seen once clicking bones together and walking down Clinton Parkway in Lawrence, KS chanting something about Jesus. In this day and age, he seems a little crazy to us. Not many  of us would follow him anywhere. But what about a man like Jim Jones who lead over 900 followers to a church in

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Following Faithfully      A simple task of transferring an audio cassette recording onto a multi-track recorder took me several months to accomplish. Most of that time was spent reading the owner’s manual and figuring out what all the buttons did. I was determined and in the end I had successfully made a CD of my favorite live recordings of the music my late husband had recorded of his bands. I

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     Basements tend to fill up quickly with things that we have no other place or use for than to hide when company comes over. My basement was no exception. It also had things that three of four children and a sibling had failed to take with them when they moved out. I had a dream for this room in the basement. I wanted to renovate it and make it into a small home theatre to use in a small group

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THE LITTLE BROTHER      My late husband was a gifted musician. It didn't take long after joining our fellowship for this fact to become well-known. I had to work on Sunday mornings so we had chosen this particular fellowship because it offered a Sunday evening worship service that we could attend together. Within two months I got the phone call, "Honey, I've been asked to help on the worship

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Who:      Who? The Word  and YOU What:     What? Mystery of God revealed Why:      Why? Pray to Seek God's answers to the Why? questions. Where: ONLINE STUDY                http://www.r4c-ridersforchrist.com   When:   Daily; August 2-October 31, 2010                John: 90 days with the Beloved Disciple              by Beth Moore How:    Become a Daily Student of Jesus      One thing we

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     The great volume of water that rushed down the side of the mountain created an amazing sound. The loud rushing roar drew our attention toward one of God’s impressive creations, the waterfall. I stood at the bottom straining my neck to look up and see the source of it. Though I could not see it, I could imagine it must have been an enormous body of water that fed such a non-stop gush of water

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"In the beginning was the Word,  and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"                  John 1:1      Do you believe in God? Many people claim to believe in God but exactly what God are they claiming? I believe in one God, the God who appears to us in his word and reveals himself to us in his creation. John 1:1 tells us that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with

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"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's

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"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-- how well I know it." Psalm 139: 13-14 I have been giving a lot of thought to this workmanship of the Lords'. Each of us, individuals, delicately made in our mother's womb, God's knitting needles at work making each of us

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"Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men." So John, the youngest son of Zebedee left his father's fishing business and followed Jesus. Now, John didn't just take the day off and follow Jesus around town for the afternoon and go back to work the next day feeling inspired from some good teachings. John gave up his life in his father's fishing business, left everything, and followed Jesus.

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"A life without heart is not worth living (Curtis/Eldredge)." -From the heart the mouth speaks (Matt 15:18) -Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deut 6:5) -Lay up his words in your heart. (Job 22:22) Even before the first kick or flutter felt in the womb, new parents hear the heartbeat of their growing baby. The first signs of life

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Our culture was exposed for what it is and was and will be centuries ago: "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and

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"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. (1 Thess 5: 23-24)" Whether you are in leadership or pursuing a leading life from within the ranks, a leader is called to act seperate from one's emotions. Do you find it difficult

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During this busy time of year, when we are outside riding and training horses, re-doing fences, and mowing, mowing, mowing.... I thought I would take the opportunity to share with you blogposts from our original blog: "The Leading Life".  You may find it curious that the new blog, "Riders For Christ," has a very similiar theme but with an equestrian twist; preparing beleivers for Kingdom Impact

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Interesting that the last blog I posted on March 25, 2010 discussed getting wrapped up in our own little parts in the story that we forget about the big picture. And here it is the end of May and I had all but forgotten I was writing a story. If you have been following along with the Sacred Romance study and wondered what happened, that is exactly what happened. I apologize for getting trapped in

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Although God is the author of all creation, he is also the lead character in the story. Sometimes our lives get so wrapped up in our little parts in the story that we forget we are only the supporting cast. God is the central character. But like any story, the supporting characters are what drives the story forward, without them there is no story just a lead actor, acting alone. "In a story

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Did you know that after a rigourous workout uncinching your horse too fast can cause their blood vessels to burst? In her article, Chill Out- the Right Way, skenesson explains that when blood vessels break they cause horses to bruise and have a sore back. Click on the link to read the whole article and learn how to cool down your horse properly. Check out Pony Box for other equestrian resources

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 Part Two: Taming God? While we can not tame God, God is not elusive. He wants to give us understanding. We know we can not control God's favor on us by what we do or do not do but can we know and understand what is happening to us? "We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true (1 John 5:20)" The story that God has put us in is

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Chapter 5 is part of a really large story so I am going break into two parts.  Part One: Taming God Brent Curtis shares in Chapter Five that there is ,"No direct correlation between the way we live our lives and the fate God has in store for us." Pondering that I conclude, why try? But isn't this life a test that we can gain rewards in heaven for running a good race. Doesn't God want us to do

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Have you tried to domesticate God? Do you think of him as a loving lap dog or a wild cougar that you let loose in your house? Does faith in God always translate to peace and security? What does the author of your story have written for you on the next page? Do you live in a predictable plot or has God written you into a page turning suspence? Week Five- Feb 22-26 Read Chapter Five, The

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cited from A Quiet Voice Heard Loudly, June 23, 2008 When God speaks to you write it on your heart, remind yourself of it often, share it with others boldly, do not let Satan take from you the Holy Spirit's Quiet, Still Voice You Once Heard Loudly - - - think on those great moments often. "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord

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I remember as a child growing up I would look in the mirror and contemplate if I was really real. Everyone else I saw was real as far as I could tell, but I wasn't sure at times if I was. I remember thinking since I couldn't see myself that maybe I was not real. I used to stare in the mirror and try to make myself seem more real. There was also a time in my life where I walked through the motions

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A Story Big Enough to Live In- Week Four Feb. 7th-Feb 13th Read Chapter 4 of the Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. If you haven't done so yet, go back and answer the discussion questions for Chapter 3 by commenting to the  Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Post: "Week Three Discussion Questions: Arrows." For those of you following along on

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Think about the messages you have heard along the way, the arrows that have peirced your heart: What messages have you or do you still fight with? What kinds of messages do these arrows send to you? How do they fight with or win over the message of Beauty? How do they try to drown out the hope of finding that ultimate connection to our soul?  

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According to John Eldredge and Brent Curtis in the Sacred Romance, "Two things that pierce the human heart are beauty and affliction." They claim that arrows are shot at our heart that try to steal the romance that the beauty brings to us. Do you remember the first time you figured out adults did not know how to handle the arrows? Do you remember when you realized that you are truly alone in a

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Riders For Christ trail riding fellowship is open to anyone interested in seeking after the heart of God through equestrian and outdoor adventure. This is going to be a great time for exploring your faith in an equestrian/country environment.      Horse owners are invited to bring your horses out to the ranch for our trail ride and campfire worship at the R4C Ranch retreat. For non-horse owners/

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Jan. 30th-Feb 6th Read Chapter 3 of the Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. If you haven't done so yet, go back and answer the discussion questions for Chapter 2 by commenting to the Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Post: "The Great Mystery - Discussion Questions Week Two." For those of you following along on Facebook, you can take part in the

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1. Do you remember the first time you got a glimpse of the revelation of this Great Mystery described in Chapter 2? Describe the place and time you first remember 'knowing' you were part of something you could not fully comprehend and felt it pulling at your heart. 2. Do you let the Great Mystery touch your heart or have you been hiding from it? Sometimes this tug at our hearts makes us feel

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Well, it has been a little challenging getting organized this week. But here I am at last. I will get caught up this week, and have something to add.

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Jan. 22th-29th Read Chapter 2 of the Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. If you haven't done so yet, go back and answer the discussion questions for Chapter 1 by commenting to the January 20th post, "In Touch-- Week One Exercises." Hope you will join us for this journey of the heart.

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There is something about working in the garden that makes me feel close to God. Maybe because it is so close to our true beginnings and so far away from anything man-made. Having your hands in the dirt and working with the soil is one of the most soothing things I have experienced. And what an amazing thing to put a little seed in the dirt and watch it over the weeks as something alive emmerges.

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If you have a passion for health then you are probably taking a close look at what goes in your mouth these days. Along with three, light, well-balanced meals you need two to three 100 calorie snacks to keep you going throughout the day. You may think because that bag of mini-Oreos says "Only 100 calories" that it is a good choice but although it meets the 100 calorie limit, it is 100 empty

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"For what shall we do when we wake one day to find that we have lost touch with our heart and with the very refuge where God's presence resides (John Eldredge/Brent Curtis in Sacred Romance)." Take a few moments and think about the enemies of your heart. What is it that currently keeps you from being in touch with your heart? When you have thought about it sufficiently, then complete this

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Jan. 15th-21st Read Chapter 1 of the Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. Hope you will join us for a journey of the Heart.

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"A life without heart is not worth living (Curtis/Eldredge)." -From the heart the mouth speaks (Matt 15:18)-Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deut 6:5)-Lay up his words in your heart. (Job 22:22)Even before the first kick or flutter felt in the womb, new parents hear the heartbeat of their growing baby. The first signs of life on an

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