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Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
Personality is not the same as character, and narcissism might be one of the best examples. Think of personality as the shiny exterior of the car, while character is—as my dad used to say—the guts of the car. You choose it because it looks big, shiny, and powerful… 1/3
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This nebula of dust & baby stars looks like a treasure chest.
The Carina Nebula, in our Milky Way galaxy, just 7500 light-years from here. Image via the Webb Telescope.
details: esawebb.org/images/potm2607a… @NASAWebb @esa
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
Just your periodic reminder that even messiness is beautiful in this universe God created.
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“We must oppose every form of alienation, liberate people from every kind of oppression, and denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist.”
—The Lausanne Covenant
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Just your periodic reminder that the universe reflects the beauty of its creator.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
People who are suffering long for help and comfort. We have all experienced this in times of pain. It is an open door for the church to bend down, like her Lord bent down for us, and enter in with wise, gentle, self-sacrificing, and practical ongoing care.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
Vulnerability at any time, in any person, demands protection. Our response to vulnerable humans exposes who we are.
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“May God in His mercy lead us through these times, but above all, may He lead us to Himself.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, penned from prison
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
We need to take the initiative to keep suffering people connected with us. If we tell a survivor to call us when they need something, we will probably not hear back. We need to lovingly pursue them with calls and encouraging notes—invitations that are sensitive to their needs.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
Jesus’s strongest rebukes were for those religious leaders who used the words of God to crush and control humanity.
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This is just a quick reminder that leaves don’t change color. Their color is always there, just masked by chlorophyll. When the chlorophyll leaves to store the energy made, the true colors that were always there are revealed.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
The greatest enemy to the witness of the Church is not atheism but a version of Christian faith that “believes” in Jesus but doesn’t follow him.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
When we were born again, our identity changed from "sinner" to "saint." To tolerate sin is totally out of character.
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
It ain’t September 21st till you see this on your timeline teapawt.net/JermaineWatkins/status…
Jo-Ann Porterfield retweeted
On a walk in the woods before church and, even though it’s still hot, I have joy in my heart just knowing autumn is inevitable. It may seem overdue but it’s coming. I feel that way about the new creation. Though we walk in a world quaking wide open with sin, hate, oppression, violence, suffering and death, this is not the way it will always be. A new creation is inevitable. I know that because the Lord keeps his word.
Take a deep breath this morning, you who place your faith in Jesus. Breathe so deep you get way down there to where hope hides and let it up again. The new creation may seem overdue but, brother and sister, it’s coming as sure as the sun rose this morning.
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Morning Prayer: Loving God, may we be Your peacemakers and peacebuilders in our world that feels divided by words, actions, and opinions. May we use our words and social media to lift up and encourage rather than call out and criticize. Help us to build bridges of peace. Amen. – at Archdale, NC