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The blessing of God’s presence

By Dave Henning / November 22, 2015

“You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you.  Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.”- Matthew 5:4 (The Message) In surprising ways, suffering makes room in our spirit for us to know and experience the blessing of God’s peace and presence.”- Kyle Idleman Kyle […]

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Blessing comes from the inside

By Dave Henning / November 21, 2015

Everybody has that sudden, painful longing for yesterday, when they didn’t know how good they had it, just before the world fell in.”- Kyle Idleman Kyle Idleman continues Chapter 2 of The End of Me with an example the Bible offers to help us figure out what Jesus means when He uses the word mourning. […]

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Heartache and shattered dreams

By Dave Henning / November 20, 2015

In Chapter 2 of The End of Me, Kyle Idleman takes a closer look at the context for the Sermon on the Mount, noting the word Matthew uses for crowd really means “a large group of unidentified people.”  Over Kyle’s years as a public speaker, he has learned something about large groups of unidentified people: […]

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Living the dream

By Dave Henning / November 19, 2015

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”- Matthew 5:4 “The end of me often comes when my dreams come to an end.”- Kyle Idleman Kyle Idleman begins Chapter 2 (“Mourn to Be Happy”) of The End of Me by remarking that toward the top of his list of least favorite things is […]

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Flaws are openings

By Dave Henning / November 18, 2015

“And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.”- Jeremiah 18:4 Kyle Idleman concludes Chapter 1 of The End of Me with the encouragement that God loves to make the broken beautiful.  William MacDonald […]

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Embrace the paradox

By Dave Henning / November 17, 2015

In Chapter 1 of The End of Me, Kyle Idleman asserts the plain truth is “as much as we fight it, we long for the freedom to admit we’re broken.”  We don’t, however, consciously realize our need to do it.  While that lack of realization is true for each of us, it’s most certainly true […]

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A trick question

By Dave Henning / November 16, 2015

“It’s not a question of being broken; it’s a question of brokenness.”- Kyle Idleman Kyle Idleman continues his discuss of “A Sinful Woman Forgiven” (Luke 7:36-50) with what he considers to be the real question we should struggle with after reading Luke’s account: Who do you want to be most like, Simon or the sinful […]

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Beautifully broken

By Dave Henning / November 15, 2015

“The funny thing about tears is that when they fill our eyes, that’s when we see most clearly.”- Kyle Idleman In Chapter 1 of The End of Me, Kyle Idleman continues his discussion of “the poor in spirit” with a commentary on Luke’s account of Jesus eating dinner at the home of Simon the Pharisee […]

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An inside job

By Dave Henning / November 14, 2015

In Chapter 1 of The End of Me, Kyle Idleman initiates his discussion of the Sermon on the Mount.  Pastor Idleman states Jesus begins to introduce us to the great paradox of God’s kingdom: “at the end of me, I find real life in him.” The new kingdom, Kyle adds, has new rules.  Many of […]

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The poor in spirit

By Dave Henning / November 13, 2015

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”- Matthew 5:3 Kyle Idleman begins Chapter 1 (“Broken to Be Whole”) of The End of Me by describing a poor community in Paraguay literally located in a landfill.  More than 1500 tons of trash are dumped there every day.  Yet, this community […]

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The end of me

By Dave Henning / November 12, 2015

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.”- Luke 9:24 “Reaching the end of me is a daily journey I must make because it’s where Jesus shows up and my real life in him begins.”- Kyle Idleman The End of Me: Where Real […]

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Simplify

By Dave Henning / November 11, 2015

Simplify (Tyndale House, 2014) Simplify: Ten Practices to Unclutter Your Soul is the latest book by Bill Hybels, founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois.  Simplified living requires uncluttering your soul, and there are no shortcuts.  Total honesty is necessary in crafting a custom replenishment plan to counter the […]

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