Lydia Pandyan

Prayer fits within this framework: God foreknows who will pray, how they will pray, and with what disposition. Accordingly, He arranges outcomes—hearing some prayers, denying others, or granting more than is asked—without coercing human will. Divine foreknowledge includes knowing that people remain capable of change, repentance, and moral growth.

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three marks of

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goals that glorify God is are they

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rooted in worship, a lifestyle of

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worship or are they selfish ambition?

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Our world feels chaotic and horrible, yet people are still falling in love and decorating their porches for whatever season it is and people are still trying to be good. Making art will make you more you , and that will make the world different and better for that difference, and then art and music and stories will have become the tools that keep... See more

so many women love men more than they love

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themselves they love men more than they love

their children their daughters their friends

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their community members we need to look in word

and examine the ways in which we privilege and

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prioritize men and patriarchal value above our

well-being and the well-being of other women

I want you to know that your brokenness, whatever form it takes, is no barrier to Jesus. It’s an invitation to trust and be loved by him. The good news is that the kind of people Jesus loves are broken sinners. You’re never beyond the reach of his grace, even on your worst day — just as you’re never beyond the need for his grace, even on your best... See more

But if you try to figure it out in your

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head and you can strategize, it's

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probably not a God.