Posts in Spiritual Life
Love the Lord with All Your Strength
Love the Lord with All Your Strength

Every single one of us has a membership to the gymnasium of life, where we gladly spend our money, routinely meet up with like-minded people, and encourage each other to get the most out of our workout … We get caught up in the hamster wheel of simply doing more and spreading ourselves thin in every direction chasing after every fancy. Where do you expend most of your energy? Do you squander your efforts attempting to fill broken vessels that are unable to hold the life that only Jesus offers?

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Spiritual Life, SanctificationLinus Nguyenlove god with all your strength, love god with all your mightComment
Love the Lord with All Your Soul
Love the Lord with All Your Soul

“Soul” is the essence of one’s living breath. Think of it as the value, meaning, purpose, and worth of each person’s life while they still have breath, while they are alive.

A proper understanding of this word confronts us with how we live each living and breathing moment. God breathed in us the breath of life that we may be living creatures. With each breath, we are living expressions of the image of God. Each breath is rightly offered in gratitude and worship joining the choir of creation for His glory and purposes.

Love the Lord with all your soul. Life is waiting.

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Spiritual LifeLinus Nguyenlove god with all your soulComment
Love the Lord With All Your Heart
Love the Lord With All Your Heart

If we, as God’s children, fall prey to this modern practice of deconstructing meaning, shipwreck lies ahead. Without a clear understanding of the heart, it will be nearly impossible to fully grasp the sense of Biblical knowledge, wisdom, assurance, confidence, and even love - we miss out on living eternal life to the full. Let’s reason together to see if we can remove some of the fog, remove some of the ambiguity, and gain clarity regarding the Biblical definition and understanding of “the heart”.

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Spiritual Life, Faith, LoveLinus NguyenComment
Seasons of Uncertainty, Change, and Transition Are Beautiful
Seasons of Uncertainty, Change, and Transition Are Beautiful

As I thumb through recent pages of my personal journal, I face echoing themes of late that weigh quite heavily on my heart and mind: Uncertainty, change, and transition ... once again. Navigating times of flux consume much of my daily reflections and personal prayers these days … Many times I feel as if every new chapter in life is me “starting over” again ... (and again) … (and again). How am I learning to navigate these times of change, transition, and adventure?

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Spiritual Life, FaithLinus Nguyenseasons, transition, uncertaintyComment
The Master's Workshop: 5 Projects for A Happy Home
The Master's Workshop: 5 Projects for A Happy Home

There are quiet pressures within the home that wage war against the soul and livelihood of the family. Busyness and routines of the day sweep us up, and we habituate ourselves to their patterns and suggestions. As a result, we fall into the trap of merely functioning and surviving … and we’re really good at it also. Does it feel like you’re missing out on the life of your family while you are tirelessly working for your family? Don’t let the life of your family fly by. The family can experience unequaled joy and be a happy home when it becomes the Master’s workshop.

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Spiritual Life, FamilyLinus Nguyenhappy home, happy familyComment
4 Songs to Build a Happy Home
4 Songs to Build a Happy Home

The happy home is where parents pave the way for a Gospel-centric, Christ-centric fear of the Lord, where children are strengthened on their journey of becoming plants nurtured in their youth and corner pillars carved in the palace styles (Psalm 144:12), where the whole family unit is consecrated to the Lord only, where the family’s Gospel-influence reverberates through their community. The happy home is more than just a possibility; the happy home becomes a reality for the wise builder, who builds on solid rock: Christ Jesus as the broad, firm, and unshakable foundation.

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Spiritual Life, FamilyLinus Nguyenhappy home, happy family, family worshipComment
5 Reasons Why You Need a Compass
5 Reasons Why You Need a Compass

Life awaits those who align all aspects of their lives with the fear of the Lord. In doing so, life becomes intimately familiar with moral goodness and discovers beauty … pleasantness unveiled. Life isn’t absent from earthly troubles; but your path is made straight, and you are protected from being deterred from the abundant life that is found only in Jesus.

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Spiritual LifeLinus Nguyenwisdom, discernment, spirituality, fear of the lordComment