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Kirsten Lum

@itskirstenlum.bsky.social

Redemption of ordinary life Prayer, spiritual discipline, and unity with God Christian | Mom of 2 | Wife of 1 I also talk about AI πŸ‘‰ @machsci.bsky.social

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Song Of The Lamb - Harvest Bashta [Lyric Video.]
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May the Lamb receive the reward of His suffering

Starting with me

youtu.be/NSXZ3oFJiYI?...

21.01.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Suffering is sacred and so is joy

10.01.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I only offer the overflow of my heart in prayer to God, but not the rights to change my heart, I shouldn’t be surprised prayer doesn’t have an effect.

08.01.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ryanburge.bsky.social might be interested in this!

04.01.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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part 2

03.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are more types of prayers than β€œtalking to Jesus like he’s your friend” part 1

03.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Cultivate a way of being with God that doesn’t feed β€” or feed on β€” ambition

01.01.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How my New Year’s resolutions for Bible study went wrong, pt 1!

01.01.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you ever observed a church using the Big 5?

27.12.2024 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My dog’s name is Huan πŸ₯Ή

27.12.2024 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Relevant song I sing to my family too often: www.instagram.com/reel/Cbu_1ID...

26.12.2024 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas to all those who don’t celebrate but would still welcome sincere wishes for their peace and flourishing.

25.12.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When you pray, which direction do you look most often? Backward, inward, outward, or forward?

23.12.2024 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To experience deeper abiding in Christ, I had to teach myself to imagine God’s love.

I started by dwelling on the highest love I have ever known for or from someone.

Then I imagined that love coming from God to me, and going from me to God.

He loves you β€” and you love Him β€” at least that much.

20.12.2024 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1: Shepherds

16.12.2024 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Squeezing a new hobby in under the wire for Advent!

16.12.2024 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t withhold from your inner child the good thing that it craves because you, when you were that child, had to go without

15.12.2024 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone that you think is talking about this/the solution to this in a compelling way? I’ve been obsessed for months and all signs point to Dallas Willard

10.12.2024 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes β€” should be convicting to a church leader that their church is not clearly articulating what following Jesus β€œis” and β€œis for.”

Makes me wonder if they don’t know? That they don’t know how to explain it and so don’t try?

Do they know if the people already in their church are following Jesus?

10.12.2024 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So agree with this. It feels like churches assume that as long as someone is attending church, they are following Jesus. But turns out, how to follow Jesus and why is something that needs to be taught.

Why so much exhortation to follow Jesus, and so little practical, person-to-person instruction?

10.12.2024 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The thing about reading poetry is that for a long time you feel like everyone else is in on something that you are not, and you try to hide it.

And then you discover that you were right, and the thing everyone else is in on is that there’s nothing to be in on, and then you try to hide that too.

09.12.2024 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(Especially when that Christian doesn’t take themselves seriously)

08.12.2024 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t brush off that non-Christians can sense when they’re with a Christian who takes Jesus seriously.

08.12.2024 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if this distinction is particularly difficult to see for people who were raised Christian who grew up learningg about Jesus life to help a child β€œbe like Jesus”

08.12.2024 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought spiritual discipline was living like Jesus lived. But it’s actually living like Jesus would have lived if he had been born as you

08.12.2024 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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All I Want for Christmas is Jesus Playlist Β· Kirsten Lum Β· 12 items Β· 1 saves

I had the same experience! I was looking for something joyful, reverential, thoughtful, beautiful, sincere β€” got a lot of self-centered, cynical, materialistic, irreverent. I made β€œAll I Want for Christmas is Jesus” playlist πŸ˜†

open.spotify.com/playlist/5w3...

06.12.2024 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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