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Chakra Crystals; Imagery of absorbing and processing energy
I have been working on balancing my heart chakra. With the techniques I’ve been using to try to get out of this flare up, they say to pay attention to the words and phrases you use associated with your symptoms. There can be messages or clues in them. I’ve written about how I’m having trouble…
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Notes/Outline of G. Campell Morgan’s Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11; Imagery of Fixing Our Eyes on God, Peace after Judgment, and the Highway of the Lord
I was looking up commentaries on Isaiah 55, and I found a commentary by G. Morgan Campbell. Here is a link to it: The Bible Book of Isaiah – Commentary by Rev. G. Campbell Morgan (Full Text and PDF). Morgan starts Part C of his commentary at Isaiah 40, which is the first chapter in…
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“Perfect Love Drives out Fear” 1 John 4:8; Imagery of Fear as a Snake from MacLaren’s Sermon “Love and Fear”
I was looking through sermons by Alexander MacLaren to study more about Isaiah 55. And then I found a sermon called “Love and Fear” and it has a lot of imagery in it. So I’m going to write about it today. It goes along with what we have been talking about with God’s offer of…
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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…
Learning to Live by Faith 