Seth Gatchell

Shame Defeated

07/12/2016

Psalms 34:5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. After scanning through Genesis again, I am amazed at the messes we humans make. These messes come in all shapes and sizes. Here are a few you can find in Genesis. Looking out for #1, Resentment and bitterness, Blame-shift,…

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Things I Want

06/07/2016

June 7, 2016 What I’ve been reminded of, lately: I want to be more bothered by my selfishness than my unhappiness. I want to be more joyous over another’s good fortune than my own. I want my occasional bouts with emptiness to drive a greater hunger for what only God can fill. I want to…

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Fear, vs. Humble Myself as a Little Child

05/04/2016

Matthew 18:2 He called a little child and had him stand among them.  3 And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” This…

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Longings of the Heart: God’s Love

03/16/2016

Ephesians 3:17-19 If you listen closely to your heart, you’ll hear yearnings for love. We yearn for a kind of love that loves us as we are (with our weaknesses), but sees the person we could become. We yearn for a kind of love that is strong enough to “secure” us but won’t let us…

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“It’s a Wonderful Life” devotionals

11/24/2013

Imagine a World without the Church It’s a Wonderful Life–part 1 DAY 1: Corporate Light “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the story of George Bailey, a banker who has fallen on hard times. He decides that the world would be better off without him so he decides to jump off a bridge. But an angel…

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God Is Your King

09/23/2013

The Kingdom of God O.T. part 8 (Multiply, pp. 223-235) DAY 1: The King of Creation Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over…

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