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Fruit to Root

Further explanation of the Fruit to Root exercise from Week Ten: Heman's Prayer, on page 82 of our Prayer Guide. “I believe; help my unbelief!” - Mark 9:24 Unbelief is an ongoing reality of our walk with God. While He is faithful to secure us and walk with us, we are...

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Good Friday 2021: Lent Reading

Join us on page 89 of our Lent Journey Guides as we read through the curated verses together. Feel free to pause as needed and take communion with elements you have at home. - For Lent/Job Information and Journey Guides (www.ourelement.org/lent) - DOWNLOAD PDF Lent...

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One For the Bereaved

Early in the pandemic and initial shutdown, I heard a story on NPR about a teacher that ran a marathon in his backyard for charity. It was fun and inspirational enough to remind me of the resilience of human beings, the incredible stamina of the human spirit. I read...

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A Job Blog

How does it sit with you that God gave Satan permission to wipe out Job’s life (Job 1:12 & 2:4-6), a man who was blameless and upright? We are told Job feared God and shunned evil (Job 1:1 & 8.)  We even see that Job's response to his loss was to worship God,...

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Is it the Gospel?

By Kelly Borjas: I got off the phone with a friend today, burdened by the call. We discussed the impact and wreckage of 2020 in so many areas. If I take a step back, many circumstances and conversations in this past week have circulated around this topic: marriages...

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Devotional: Searching for Community

Scripture: Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Big Idea:...

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A Good Story

By Kelly Borjas: I love a good story, so much that I write fiction as a hobby (my own story world with characters in crisis, opposing goals, redemption, and of course a romance). This week I was confronted with the negative power words can bring; FOUR times in two...

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