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Imagery of a Triple Fountain and a Rainbow from MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
There is some imagery from MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1 that I meant to include in yesterday’s post. In his 2nd point when he is explaining what the offer consists of, he uses the imagery of a triple fountain. In Isaiah 55:1 God says, “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and…
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Part 2 MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
I’m going to pick up today where I left off in my previous post. We were going through MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1, which says, “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.”…
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Imagery of Fountain of Living Water; MacLaren’s Commentary on Isaiah 55:1
The Spurgeon sermon I referenced in my previous post is called “Man’s Thoughts and God’s Thoughts” and the verse he is preaching on is Isaiah 55:1. I was going to write today about imagery we can use from that sermon, but then I was reading through Alexander MacLaren’s commentary on that verse and there is…
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Let God’s Love Melt You
I think it was in a Spurgeon sermon I was reading recently where he said, “Let God’s love melt you.” I think he was talking about letting God’s love melt a heart of stone. But it also applies to what we have been talking about with trying to get out of a freeze state in…
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Mobilizing and Immobilizing in Safety: Imagery of God’s Presence
In the Polyvagal Theory, there are 3 states: VV – safety, daily living; SNS – fight-flight, danger; and DV – freeze, life-threat. This chart shows the activation and deactivation that happens in a trauma response PVChartv10q.pdf. You can see that the colors on the chart are green (safety), yellow (danger), and red (life-threat). Your body…
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“Closer Walk With Thee” by Fanny Crosby
Hymnal Page Scan: Closer Walk with Thee Keyboard Recording: 1 I am happy, O my Savior,For I know that I am Thine,Thro’ the pure and perfect cleansingOf Thy precious blood divine:But my soul would rise still higher,There are greater joys for me;I am longing, I am prayingFor a closer walk with Thee.For a closer walk…
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Imagery of Being Guided by God’s Love: Shepherd, Cords of Love, and Carriage
I have been talking in previous posts about fight, flight, and freeze and how these defensive responses protect us. Our minds are always scanning the environment for threats. When it perceives a threat, it starts sending warning signals to us. But as I’ve been talking about, I grew up being taught to push past those…
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Imagery to help us remember that earthly suffering is temporary: a scale and a timeline; 1 Corinthians 4:17-18
I’m going to write today about some imagery we can use in our meditation time to remind us that any suffering we experience on earth is temporary. Yesterday I was writing about the imagery of carrying your cross and following Jesus. It is comforting to remember that we only carry our cross through this life…
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Learning how to conform to God’s will: journaling exercise and imagery of walking hand in hand with God on His pathway
In my previous voice note I talked about some imagery you can use in your meditation time to help with learning to submit to God’s will. Well, it’s imagery and a journaling exercise. Journaling the events of the day can help you process your day. And then in this exercise, if you write out 2…
Learning to Live by Faith 