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How to Lean in When You Feel Weary From Fighting: Herodium, Masada (Israel #14)

May 20, 2017 by Loree

Greed, vengeance, murder, suicide, Enough to fill an epic Hollywood style drama. Tragic sites, we headed for two more of Herod the Great’s building marvels. We snaked out of Jerusalem toward the [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: AD 70, armor of God, Battle, busted world, Captain America, Dr Ehud Netzer, Eleazar, Ephesians 6:10-13, greed, Herod the Great, Herodium, hide, Jerusalem, Josephus, lean in, Masada, murder, palace-fortress, Satan, storm, suicide, the Avengers, tragedy, troubles

Five Ways God Proves He is Faithful: The Desecration of a Holy Place (Israel #11)

May 6, 2017 by Loree

Towering above ancient Jerusalem, perched on the place of most holy significance, the Temple Mount stretches high over the minions. But centuries before a bustling city bloomed or a temple idea [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Abraham, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, cistern, Constantine, David, Dome of the Rock, Ezra, Faith, Genesis 22:2, Hadrian, Herod the Great, Hezekiah, Isaac, Jupiter, Matthew 21:12-13, Matthew 24:1-2, moneychangers, mosaics, Mt Moriah, Muslims, Psalm 11:7-9, Rabbi, Romans, Six Day War, Solomon, Temple Mount, Western Wall Tunnel, Zerubbabel

A Walk Past “Hell”–Remembering God Wraps a Shield Around Me: Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and a Prayer at the Wailing Wall (Israel #8)

April 9, 2017 by Loree

I found it most fitting to spy out my bus window, a young shepherd and his faithful dog, herding the sheep in this town famous for it’s angelic revelation to the shepherds in the fields centuries ago. [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2 Samuel 23:13, Abraham, Adonis, Bethlehem, Boaz, Church of the Nativity, David, Egypt, Gehenna, Genesis 35:19, Genisis 14:18, Hasidic Jews, Herod the Great, Jerusalem, Luke 2:16, Magi, Mark 9:33, Matthew 2:13, Melchizedek, Mighty men, Psalm 3:3, Rachel, Ruth, shepherd, The Dung Gate, Valley of Hinnom, Wailing Wall

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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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