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Continue reading →: Gratitude is Good
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” – Cicero I’ve noticed a trend this year on Facebook that I failed to see in the past. Perhaps I just missed out on it, or it is a new thing, but people…
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Continue reading →: How Do I Forgive?
How do I forgive others? First, know that God is on your side. He reveals this again and again in Scripture and in our own stories, that whatever we surrender to him, he redeems. Forgiveness is a difficult and complicated subject. When we are betrayed it affects us on many…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Be a Horse
“Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.” Psalm 32:9 (NRSV) I love horses. My formative years were spent living next to an Arabian horse farm. Our neighbor was a professor…
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Continue reading →: Vacation Thoughts
“Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach… it hacks me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'” – Steven Wright Vacations are an amazing luxury! Can you imagine…
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Continue reading →: Our Worship Identity
“Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not just something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don’t. Everybody worships; it’s just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.” – Paul David Tripp Worship…
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Continue reading →: Words of the Wise
A pastor was invited to preach at a church out of town. His wife, who accompanied him, was sitting in the pew listening intently, when about a third of the way through the message the man sitting next to her leaned over and whispered, “That guy can’t preach a lick,…
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Continue reading →: Good Friday
“Jesus cannot forget us; we have been graven on the palms of his hands.” – Lois Picillo In order to get to Easter, we have to go through Good Friday. The hope of Easter, the hope of resurrection and life in the Kingdom only comes through the suffering of the…
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Continue reading →: The Desire to Know and Love God
“If you have desired to know Him and love Him, you have already done what was expected of you, and it is much better to desire God without being able to think clearly of Him, than to have marvelous thoughts about Him without desiring to enter into union with His…
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Continue reading →: Dream Dreams
"Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind.” – The Rolling Stones Deep inside each of us is a God-shaped and God-birthed dream. It is a dream of who you could be, of what you could do, of how you could impact the lives of those around you. It…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on Feast and Fast on Fat Tuesday
“Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.” – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Today is Fat Tuesday.…
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I’m Chris
Welcome to Flourishing Life, a space designed to help you pursue the abundant life God offers everyone. Jesus said in John 10:10, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (ESV). I’m convinced God created the world for flourishing human life. However, we’ve all contributed to the brokenness in the world and our own lives. Many don’t even realize a better way is possible. My hope for this blog is that you’ll discover the life God has always intended for you, the ones you love, and the world.
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