Knowing God Archives » Sondra Kraak https://sondrakraak.com/category/knowing-god/ Trails of Love and Grace Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:34:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Year of Fruitful: When God Gives You a Word and You Didn’t Ask https://sondrakraak.com/the-year-of-fruitful-when-god-gives-you-a-word-and-you-didnt-ask/ https://sondrakraak.com/the-year-of-fruitful-when-god-gives-you-a-word-and-you-didnt-ask/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:34:51 +0000 https://sondrakraak.com/?p=1695 Choosing a word of the year is all the rage. But it’s not me. It’s not how I think, plan. I don’t like to do things because others are doing them. I don’t want to label myself with a word, forget about it, and live out the year. But a word came anyway, despite my objection […]

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]]> https://sondrakraak.com/the-year-of-fruitful-when-god-gives-you-a-word-and-you-didnt-ask/feed/ 1 The Long Journey of Advent and the Rest at the End https://sondrakraak.com/the-long-journey-of-advent-and-the-rest-at-the-end/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:08:49 +0000 https://sondrakraak.com/?p=1671 A journey eighty miles long and a load that grows larger each day. Sticks gouging sandaled feet. Blisters, hunger, and dust. More dust. Then rain. And mud. Strangers with stares that threaten peace of mind and lead to one-eye-open sleep. Hard ground beneath and the sky as a blanket. After such an journey, the walls […]

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]]> What We Really Need https://sondrakraak.com/what-we-really-need/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:09:44 +0000 https://sondrakraak.com/?p=1654 Sometimes we don’t know what to do, and we pray for discernment. Other times, we pray for discernment, but it’s an excuse. We already know what to do, but we lack the courage to do it. That was the issue with my hero in One Plus One Equals Trouble. He had a decision to make, […]

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]]> Steadfast https://sondrakraak.com/steadfast/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:01:53 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1587 I woke up this morning praying for encouragement in a sort of desperate, oh my do I have to get out of bed, way. And quickly repented. I didn’t need encouragement. I needed Presence. Him. The Godhead. I needed more than blessings. I needed the Source. Then I read this, “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be […]

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]]> Numbering Our Days https://sondrakraak.com/numbering-our-days/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:42:18 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1562 1 Chronicles 1 and 2 The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,  Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The descendants of Javan […]

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]]> Death in the Pot: Thoughts on 2 Kings 4:38-41 https://sondrakraak.com/death-in-the-pot-thoughts-on-2-kings-438-41/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:51:24 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1545 Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these men.” One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine. […]

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]]> The Sought-After: Ezekiel 36 and the New Covenant https://sondrakraak.com/the-sought-after-exodus-36-and-the-new-covenant/ https://sondrakraak.com/the-sought-after-exodus-36-and-the-new-covenant/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:30:10 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1535 “For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. “I will give you a new heart […]

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]]> https://sondrakraak.com/the-sought-after-exodus-36-and-the-new-covenant/feed/ 1 Praying Psalm 119 https://sondrakraak.com/praying-psalm-119/ https://sondrakraak.com/praying-psalm-119/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:30:19 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1526 A wildfire near our house has caused the valley to fill up with smoke the past few mornings. The air doesn’t look extremely smokey, but the smell is strong. Isn’t it amazing how only a little smoke can infiltrate our senses? What’s bombarding your senses today? How about beauty from God’s Word? We can breathe […]

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]]> https://sondrakraak.com/praying-psalm-119/feed/ 2 When Something Seems REALLY Scary: What’s Your Perspective? https://sondrakraak.com/when-something-seems-really-scary-whats-your-perspective/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:00:19 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1521 And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:26 The youngest came to me with furrowed brows, wearing more concern than clothes. It took me a minute to see what he saw. He […]

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]]> A True Utopia: God’s Hope for You https://sondrakraak.com/a-true-utopia-gods-hope-for-you/ https://sondrakraak.com/a-true-utopia-gods-hope-for-you/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:38:23 +0000 https://sondrakraak.wordpress.com/?p=1515 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:1-2 A ruler who brings shelter, streams […]

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