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Holy contentment in the moment

By Dave Henning / June 27, 2014

As Mary DeMuth continues Chapter 7 of The Wall Around Your Heart, she cautions that if you’re an all-or-nothing person (as the author tends to be), one small mistake can open the door for widespread failure the rest of the day!  For example, if you give in to anger, you’re likely to throw up your […]

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Day by day

By Dave Henning / June 26, 2014

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”- John 6:35 (ESV) In Chapter 7 (“Give Us Today the Food We Need: Ask Jesus for Help”) of The Wall Around Your Heart, author Mary DeMuth takes particular note of two words […]

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WWJS (What Would Jesus Say?)

By Dave Henning / June 25, 2014

In today’s post, author Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) concludes her discussion of five ways to cultivate a heaven-bent heart that will help us endure relational pain, yet thrive in the aftermath. 4.  Let heaven frame your relationships.  Mary states that when relationships go sour, such as those related to vocation loss, it […]

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The joy of heaven on earth

By Dave Henning / June 24, 2014

“No one can build my secret history of God for me.  The level of intimacy I walk with Him is a direct function of my hunger and desire.  I can have as much of Him and His kingdom as I want.  The question is: How much do I want?  How hungry am I?”- Michele Perry, […]

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Earthbound or heavenward?

By Dave Henning / June 23, 2014

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporal, but what is unseen is eternal.”- 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 In Chapter 6 (“As It Is in […]

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God’s Kingdom

By Dave Henning / June 20, 2014

“O Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief . . . . Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.  For your name’s sake, O Lord, bring me out of trouble.”- Psalm […]

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The Vengeance Kingdom

By Dave Henning / June 18, 2014

“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” . . . Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”- Romans 12:19,21 Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) continues her presentation of five earthly kingdoms […]

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The Narcissistic Kingdom

By Dave Henning / June 17, 2014

“For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”- Galatians 6:3 In Chapter 4 of The Wall Around Your Heart, author Mary DeMuth continues her presentation of five kingdoms we build on earth with her discussion of the third kingdom- The Narcissistic Kingdom.  Mary adds that this kingdom also could […]

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The pebble in your shoe

By Dave Henning / June 16, 2014

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.  You will seek me and find me, when you seek me […]

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The I- Am- Awful Kingdom

By Dave Henning / June 15, 2014

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”- Galatians 5:1 Today Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) continues her presentation of four kinds of kingdoms we build on earth by discussing the second kingdom, the I- Am- Awful Kingdom. Mary observes that […]

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Running on fumes?

By Dave Henning / June 13, 2014

As Mary DeMuth begins Chapter 4 (“May Your Kingdom Come Soon: Walk in the Great Right Now”) of The Wall Around Your Heart, she relates her own tendency to “react to the past rather than be wooed toward the future.”  Although Mary existed off the fumes of her reaction to her past for awhile, eventually she […]

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We’re in good hands with . . . God

By Dave Henning / June 12, 2014

“Never be wise in your own sight.  Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.  If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.”- Romans 12:16-18 Mary DeMuth concludes Chapter 3 of The Wall Around Your Heart with her discussion of […]

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