Category Archives: Holy Week

A Lenten Reflection: Train Up for the Trial

Edge God In Podcast 282: A Lenten Reflection: Train Up for the Trial

EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Lauren E Miller

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Learning Objective: Learn 3 ways to train up for the trial from Jesus example in the garden.

Scriptures: Luke 22:39-46 | Romans 8:28 | 1 Thessalonians 5:24 | Joshua 1:9 | Psalm 46:1-3, 37: 1-9 | Isaiah 41:10 & 13

Prayer: Lord, guide me into the training ground so that I am prepared for the trials in life. Help me to live in the thrill of the surrendered life so that my knowing that you are with me overrides all fear, self-doubt and worry.

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A Lenten Reflection: Freedom is Found in the 10th Commandment

Support Resources:

Award Winning Book: Hearing His Whisper: With Every Storm Jesus Comes Too, by Lauren E Miller

Emotional Intelligence in Christ: 6 Week Study Guide

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A Lenten Reflection: Freedom is Found in the 10th Commandment

Edge God In Podcast 281: A Lenten Reflection: Freedom is Found in the 10th Commandment

EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Lauren E Miller

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Learning Objective: Learn why your freedom is found in the 10th commandment. How to choose the will of God over your wants and desires which leads to peace.

Scriptures: Exodus 20  | 1 Peter 5:8 | Zechariah 4:6 | Exodus 10:10 | Matthew 26:36-46

Prayer: Lord, deliver me from all wants and desires that exist within me which stand against you. Help me to only want/desire one thing: your will to be done in my life. Jesus fill me with the same Spirit that moved David to run towards the battlefield line, as he faced Goliath and defeated him by your might.

Previous Edge God In Podcast:

A Lenten Reflection: Envy Rots the Bones

Support Resources:

Award Winning Book: Hearing His Whisper: With Every Storm Jesus Comes Too, by Lauren E Miller

Emotional Intelligence in Christ: 6 Week Study Guide

How to Lean Into Holy Week


“Be still and know that I Am God.” Psalm 46:10

The world screams and God whispers. “Speak Lord, your servant is listening” said young Samuel to God.

A simple attentiveness along with a willingness to listen unleashes a conversation between God and man. Take time this week to still the demands of the world around you. Pause and reflect before you respond this week on the words, intonation and body language you want to show up with that will make God recognizable in this world.

Slow down and linger in the small ways that God reaches out to you every day. Be still and know that God so loves you that He gave His one and only Son to win you over into full communion with Him. Be still and know that there is nothing that can separate you from the love God has for you. Your past regrets are swallowed up in a single glance from the author and perfecter of your faith.  Be still and know that the love God has instilled within your heart through faith in Christ unleashes the knowing of your soul that ALL things are possible for you when they are aligned with His perfect will for your life. This love within you believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things…this love within you is greater than your circumstance or struggle. You are not your struggle.

Shake off your grave clothes and go forth into your day knowing that the One who calls you is faithful and He will give you the grace you need to conquer with the Spirit of power, love and self-discipline which He has woven within you through your baptism and choice to follow His son.  Slow down and linger in the knowing that it is for FREEDOM that Christ has set you free, stand firm in that knowing and do not allow your circumstance to burden your mind and emotions. Throw off everything that hinders you and the sin that so easily entangles you and RUN the RACE of endurance considering the ONE who endured such opposition from sinful man so that you will not grow weary in your struggle against sin. The insults of those who insult you have fallen on the One who died to win over you affection and attention.

As this Holy Week unfolds, pause, reflect and lean into the One who calls you by name. The One who promises to make all things new and remove your grave clothes from past pain; rejection; false beliefs and condemnation. See He is doing a new thing in your life, take time this week to explore what that looks like for you, feels like for you and sounds like for you. “Behold I make ALL THINGS NEW.”

Have a Blessed Holy Week, take time to lean into the One who leaned into death in order to win you LIFE,

Lauren <><

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