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One Set of Footprints

“If the Lord had not been on our side, we would not have made it. The river would have washed us away. Our enemy would have chewed us up and spit us out. Like a bird caught in a fowler’s trap we would have never gotten out had the Lord not been with us.”

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A Song of Servanthood

May we continuously adopt the posture and attitude of the psalmist: Lifting our eyes to One enthroned in heaven and serving Him because He is merciful toward us.

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A Song of Trust

It is hope that takes us forward. It is what God calls us into, a life that trusts in him, surrendering our ambition, hope in Him as we walk along this path together.

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The King on a Donkey

Every person needs help, home, and hope. Jesus offers you all three. No matter who you have been in this story. God rode a donkey on Palm Sunday to prove it.

And now Jesus asks me to love him enough to be his donkey. To carry him to the fickle, prideful, cowardly people who need him. To tell his story, and share his love in mine. The donkey doesn’t matter—only the One it bears.

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A Call to Simple Loyalty

Jesus never called us to niceness, he called us to a radical love, that loves the person that is different than we are, not just to be nice to people. He taught us to have a radical love that looks like the cross and to follow him wholeheartedly.

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Simple Living Devotionals

Jesus focused on his ministry, relationships with others, sharing the good news, serving others, taking care of his health by resting when necessary, and spending time in prayer. All of these things come together to form the bedrock of the Christian minimalist lifestyle.

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A Call to Simple Love

God desires to gather a people of all nations who love him wholeheartedly and teach others to love unselfishly. This is the will of God for His church, this is what eternity will look like.

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Finding God in Unexpected Places

The wilderness experience is us when we go through a period of diagnosis and recovery, when life appears to have no balance, it is an uncomfortable place and it is a time when we ask soul-searching questions.

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