A full review of Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund—Why you should read it and how it will change you. Plus, a short review of Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning.
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AFO’s require wearing shoes 1-2 sizes bigger than your foot and often require the removal of the insole. On top of that, a person wearing an AFO should be in a shoe with ample support for the whole foot, a backstrap or heel cup so the shoe stays on, and a sole that makes firm contact with the ground but without too much tread (which could be a tripping hazard).
After two years of searching, I have found a few options worth noting. For my fellow shoe-lovers with limits, I’ve listed 5 options that meet my requirements for shoes I can wear with an AFO.
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Here are 5 methods you can use in the moment, as your anxiety rises. They are designed to align your emotions with your body. You are an embodied being [ Aundi Kolber and Try Softer ]—focusing only on your emotions, and not on your body, will hinder your ability to calm your body’s physical response to stress. By connecting our emotions with our bodies, we can calm them both down.
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My lack of anxiety is a mark of how far God has brought me along the path of trusting Him completely. …
But there’s a step in there I haven’t mentioned—choice. I chose to believe God’s Word, that he is who he says he is and will do what he says he will do. It was a choice. You have the same choice. And that choice is a step away from anxiety. Any step toward trusting God is a step away from anxiety.
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A Christmas tree can be a tower of remembrance stones. Each ornament has the ability to remind us of the moments and people connected to them—moments and people God providentially placed in our lives for our good. Who has God used to grow you, teach you, and love you? How many moments in your life has God filled with his goodness, his protection, and his presence?
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To study the Bible using Homiletics means to break down a passage to learn the specific facts, themes, truths, and applications such that, by the time you finish you could teach it. In this article, I will outline the specific steps to Homiletics, then I will show you how I used them to study Mark 4:35-41.
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