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Generosity is proof of a humble and thankful heart! #JoyceQuote

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Psalm 18 was part of my Bible reading this morning. It’s one of my very favorite psalms but I got to verse 43 & the 1st part of it sent me into considerable thought. “You have freed me from the feuds among the people…” There’s so much I miss about my old life. So much still brings me to tears. So much still so dear and precious to me. Oh mercy, the women I have loved and gotten to serve. But I didn’t realize how utterly exhausting and erosive to the soul the constant feuding in the SBC was till I started recovering from it. Now what you must understand before you characterize all southern Baptist churches by this is that many exist outside the feuding because they either ignore or are uninvolved in convention matters. I have dear friends who still to this day do not understand why I left because they & their SBC churches don’t get into convention politics. I get it. Goodness knows I didn’t mean to get into them. But we are held accountable for knowledge and I was in so deep that I knew too much. I’d like to thank social media for that. I’m pretty much outside that circle these days. Even when I see convention people draw my name into the controversies, I shake my head and whisper, I’m not your girl. I just want to say this morning that being part of constant feuding will cost your soul a fortune that you may not realize you paid until your early grave. I’m not talking now about any denomination or any particular organization. I’m talking in general. It can be inside your home or your workplace or extended family. Or inside your own soul. Maybe you have motivated yourself for years with conflict. You need a fight to keep your blood flowing. It will make you sick, is what I’m trying to say. Constant feuding. It will make you sick not only to be part of it but to try to be the peace keeper in it. I’m not a psychologist. I speak strictly as a fellow person of faith. As a reader of Scripture. We don’t always have to leave an environment to step out of its constant feuding. We can just determine that we’re not going to be part of the poison anymore. Just saying if this speaks to you this morning, I offer Psalm 18:43 as wording for a plea to the Lord. Free me, my Lord and my God, from the feuds among the people. FREE ME before it kills me. The peace of the Lord be with you, my friend. And, boy, do I mean that literally this morning.

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Good morning, friends! It’s a humbling thing to ask for so much prayer for something that is not life-threatening but I’m dealing with a situation that can be quite debilitating. Some days I can hardly stand up straight. (Tbh, most days.) Would you pray for me toward this weekend please? I’m ecstatic to have a living proof live event in Atlanta (sold out) and desire so much to be unhindered by any circumstance or situation and I’m thinking particularly about the condition of my spine. This is the one event left before my surgery. I had to cancel two others. (Not LPLs). Would you guys believe I have only had to cancel maybe four or five events in 40 years of speaking??? Talk about a faithful God! I’d love for God to bind the pain and the numbness and all while I’m there and while I teach. That would be so wonderful! But if not, pray that he would cause those things to be no obstacle whatsoever to the power of the Holy Spirit among us. I am certain of this and I know many of you believe it as well: in our weakness, Christ is strong. Pray me through one more big event before surgery and then those 5 days afterwards until I’m on that surgical table. When it gets close to surgery, I’d love to ask you to agree with me on a couple of specifics in prayer but I will wait until then to share them. You are wonderful people and right now I am praying for each of you, that God will also enable you to do what he has called you to do and move the mountain in your way. I’m praying he will answer a long-standing prayer and give you clarity in a cloudy matter. You guys are so dear to me. Thank you for letting me be such a prayer hog in this season. I can’t wait for this weekend! I believe with all my heart Jesus will be exalted and present and powerful and transforming. To him be glory and honor throughout all generations.

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@rygiffin I enjoyed your presentation.

I'm always happy to tell the moving story of how the Church of the Nazarene began, but I'm especially happy to do that near the Rocky Mountains. It's been a fun couple of days with the Colorado District. #NazareneArchives #NazareneHistory

I’ve so loved saying the Nicene Creed every week in our worship services. I can’t imagine how it could be anything but valuable, particularly in training us how to articulate what we believe. I also think it’s a good thing to remember that we share this glorious faith in Christ with others outside our church or denominational walls. Every time we say it, I still want to look around the sanctuary and nod like, Isn’t this the most beautiful thing?

In Honor of the Spouse of a Pastor (and DS) eddieestep.com/blog/2024/5/20…

@kerriko7 Great series. The Nuggets competed well but the Timber Wolves were the better team this series.

@edward_estep Praying god gives you comfort in your loss and grace and strength as you walk in this new reality. You are in our prayers.

Until Mom passed away this week, neither Diane nor I had experienced the loss of a parent. My heart has been full of so many emotions - grief, hope, ache, but mostly gratitude. So blessed to have had such a wonderful mother, and to walk this path with such a wonderful family.

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