I, Karen, am still thinking about the death of loved ones, Christ’s union with me, and our separation. I see this ebb and flow of separation and reunion that runs through a Christian’s life and is entered into through deaths. Spiritual separation through death because of Adam’s sin; spiritual reunion because of Christ’s death on […]
One Thing 01/31/2021 Til Death Do Us Unite by Karen Welch Read More »
Song of Solomon 2:16 NASB95 “My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies. Song of Solomon 6:3 NASB95 “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies.” Let’s do a little word study so we can have
One Thing 1/28/21 God delights in you Read More »
“Catch the foxes for us, the young foxes that are ruining the vineyards, while our vineyards have tender fruit.” Song of Solomon 2:15 Even though Jesus was our victory over sin 2000 years ago at the Cross, we have to take Him as our victory step-by-step in the here and now. The Hebrew
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Every single Christian is in actual union with Christ. Even though every Christian can claim actual union with Christ and all that he is and all that he has, there is a difference between actual union and operational union. If you buy a new smartphone and it possesses all the equipment necessary to do what
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Jesus said that even though we are in the world, we are not of the world, even as He was not of the world. John 17:16 As new creations on this earth, we are both earthly and heavenly. We are both seated in heavenly places in Christ, and yet our feet are squarely standing in
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God doesn’t transform us through fear. He transforms us through favor. He doesn’t change us by threatening us; instead, he changes us by luring us with “the more” of Jesus. You and I in Christ are coheirs with Jesus, and therefore all that he is and all that he has is ours because of our
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I, Karen, have had the honor of knowing a couple who have truly experienced “the two shall become one (Matt. 19:5)” and who could not imagine anything except being together “until death do us part.” They really were in union with each other. When one of them was dying, the surviving spouse mentioned how strange
One Thing 01/21/2021 The Pain Of Separation by Karen Welch Read More »
Song of Solomon 1:2-4a “May you kiss me with the kisses of your commandments! For your massive love is better than any pleasure I have experienced in this world. Your presence is so satisfying. Your very name is “Presence (life) poured out; No wonder the Hidden ones love you. Draw (take) me away, and we
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Roses on Tuesday Olivia would never have appreciated it if I had spent time with her because I felt like I was supposed to or because I felt guilty if I didn’t. She would not have valued me doing extravagant things for her if it was out of a sense of duty or guilt.
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Psalm 73:25-26 AMPC Whom have I in heaven but You? And with You I desire nothing on earth. [26] My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Thirty years ago, while experiencing a heartbreaking situation, the Lord gave me these
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