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Sarah - 19 - England

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The presence of God is like this: a glorious divine manifestation of God unto the soul, shedding abroad God’s love in the heart. It is a thing better felt than spoken of: it is no audible voice, but is it a ray of glory filling the soul with God, as He is life, light, love, and liberty, corresponding to that audible voice: ‘O man, greatly beloved’ … it is that which went out from Christ to Mary when he but mentioned her name…when He uttereth this one word ‘Mary’, there was some admirable divine conveyance and manifestation made out unto her heart, by which she was satisfyingly filled, that there was no place for arguing and disputing whether or not that was Christ.

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Hey, I love your blog! God bless you sister! Can you send me your spotify playlist? I'm trying to click on it but it doesn't load. :(

Hey, thankyou!Here is my general worship playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/sesanting-gb/playlist/7t7rbneujL0PswuuJrN8Qi

Here is my 2016 worship playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/sesanting-gb/playlist/476JajCVB2fn2pHPgMN4N5

Hope this helps! 

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Forgiveness is in Him, Redemption is in Him. I find my satisfaction in Him alone. 

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In an era where everyone wants to be instantly satisfied, it’s difficult to take time to meditate on the gospel and think about the hard bits. They might not make me feel excited or instantly “set a fire down in my soul that I can’t contain and can’t control”, but they will increase my understanding of who God is and who I am in Him, and over time, that will change into heart knowledge.

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Oh, the depths of your mercy That saves a wretch like me And the weight of forgiveness Your blood that covers me

Pour it out // Vineyard Music

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The Cross Centered Life

Recently I read Living the Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney, which was lent to me by my good friend Beth. I think it’s safe to say that this book made me think a lot about what the main re…

New blog post on living a cross centered life as well as emotions & faith

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psalm 51:12

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April and May 2015

It’s been a while since I’ve done a blog post about my journal from last year, so here’s some more snippets from my thoughts this time last year. I find journaling so helpful in m…

new blog post about journalling + jesus

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Being gentle is like loving your enemies – people don’t expect it but it’s powerful rather than weak. Like loving those who don’t love you, being gentle in a situation where you are stirred to be angry or impulsive is not easy, but it is exactly what Jesus did. Sometimes gentleness involves holding back words, but often it is honesty and integrity. What gentleness isn’t is being a pushover or being too scared to speak your thoughts – Jesus had complete authority when he spoke and people listened to him.

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Goodness...aren’t there much more radical things to sing about God’s character?  I realised that my version of ‘good’ is nowhere near God’s level of good. My version of good is quite literally anything over 51% good and less than 49% bad. My own attempt at being good is an effort to do right with sin getting in the way. God’s version of good is complete holiness and goodness: there is nothing about his character that isn’t good, so he is wholly and completely worthy of our worship. 

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new blog post on what I learnt in March / prayer here

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We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (MSG)

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“For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.”  (Nehemiah 9:30-31)

Countless times the generations before us have forgotten God, and so have I. Every day things come between me and God, but he is gracious and merciful and he never abandons us. Rather, he sent his son to die for us and rise again so that we may be reconciled back into glorious relationship with Him!

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He knows what we need

Reading through my journal from last year, I think I was struggling a bit in my identity. I was getting annoyed with myself about mistakes that I made and parts of my personality that I didn’t like.

Isn’t it incredible how God gives us pieces of Scripture at exactly the right time? He knows exactly what we need and he whispers the truth to us in a gentle yet powerful way. In the midst of my frustration and feelings of condemnation, God was teaching me about how I am not condemned, how he gives me strength in my weakness, and how I am called to freedom.

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Things I’ve learnt in February

Through extended times of worship, I have come to realise how incredible the presence of God is. The Holy Spirit brings peace that is so strong that it completely focuses my whole attention on the …

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I knew this truth already. In fact, I have known this truth for a while, but it was through the power of the Holy Spirit in worship that God spoke deeply into my heart.

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