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Refresh. Restore. Renew. For many of us, these three words describe the deep longing of our soul. We may be weighed down with a debilitating weariness caused by unhealthy thoughts, emotions, or behaviors we can't shake free from, no matter how hard we try. Nevertheless, God's Word reveals to us how to enjoy genuine liberty in these areas where we experience so much struggle. Let's look at the scriptures together and explore what they have to say about living life refreshed, restored, and renewed in God's presence. Included are study questions to enhance either personal or group study. Let's...

Christmas is a season filled with wonder and generosity. Still, all its promise can be lost in our must-do lists, preparing for something when provisions seem slim, or the advent of sometimes-messy family relationships. Instead of refreshment or rescue, Christmas can be a reminder of things or people lost, hopes deferred, or dreams dismantled by the stuff of life. Under the paper and ribbon can be piles of distraction about meaningless details or worry about what the coming year might bring. Let’s take a few moments this season, Unwrapping Christmas refreshment from the age-old story ...

There are multiple times throughout our years when the longing or need to do something new—tiny or large—is evident in an area of our lives. The hope for doing or being something new may center around a realization that we have been behaving, acting, or reacting in a specific area that just flat-out needs an overhaul, or at least, a touch-up. Possibly, we sense the need for something new because a significant moment has changed our perspective such as a birth, a loss, an important date, or the beginning of a new year. Another option is that God is simply inviting us to His new thing in ...