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Chantal Dube

Feb 12, 2016
3 min

I just want to touch the fringe…

The passages in Matthew are so familiar to me I’m tempted to skim read them. However I know that the Bible is the only book that the Author is present with me while I read so I asked God to show me something new. Here are some of my brief thoughts that challenged my faith and how urgently I seek God. In Matthew 16 we read the story of how Jesus feeds the 4000. What I found different about passage compared to the feeding of the 5000 is that Jesus provokes the conversation ab

Chantal Dube

Jan 19, 2016
4 min

A Double Blessing

After reading the passage about Jesus feeding the 5000 today I sincerely asked God to show me something new, this passage is not new to me at all but I know God is faithful and teaches me new things every day. My attention was brought to the part of the passage where is says, “Jesus had compassion on them.” 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Matthew 14:14 Soon after this the disciples were concerned about the growing

Chantal Dube

Nov 5, 2015
2 min

Are fighting against yourself?

Our pastor asked us “Who is winning the spiritual battle in your life?” I loved that question and had to share it with you. It’s so practical and a reminder that yes we are in a daily battle. If we don’t think so we’re in denial. In Mathew 12 Jesus follows this discussion up with talk about being identified by our fruit. I think a great way to do a self-assessment about who is winning the battle in my life is by looking at what type of fruit falls off my tree when someon

Chantal Dube

Oct 23, 2015
4 min

An Unexpected Turn!

When I hear the word trust in regards to God I feel a wee bit unsettled. Lately I’ve been asking myself, do I really trust God with everything? What are some things I have a harder time trusting Him with? I have trusted God for some really big things, but was it without reservation and fear? This week I’ve been called to my past to try and figure this out. Beth Moore talks about Our Truths + Satan’s Lies = Captivity. So I ask myself, what lie do I still believe when it c

Chantal Dube

Oct 16, 2015
3 min

Follow me…

So it’s been several weeks since God clearly spoke to my husband and me about him quitting his city job to run his company full time. It’s been hard to surrender to God especially when He asks us to do it ‘now’. Lately I’ve been getting molded by God about the ‘now’ part. I wrestled with thoughts of insecurity and fear of the unknown for a week before I had peace. I finally decided to tell Dwaine I would give him my support to quit his job just as soon as he got his test

Chantal Dube

Oct 8, 2015
5 min

I Didn’t Ask For This!

Lately God has called me to make some difficult and radical choices to follow Him. We make simple choices to obey God every day. Recently He asked me to surrender it all and reassure my husband to go ahead and quit his job. Not just any job either, a very secure job with benefits and a pension that would make us feel like we won cash for life. So here’s what happened and how God prepared me. He is so gracious in the way He prepares our hearts! But you must really believe

Chantal Dube

Sep 21, 2014
3 min

Why is my ‘Go to’ always anger?

This is a question I asked myself a few weeks ago. A friend of mine lost her baby. A miscarriage. It ripped open an old wound of mine that I thought had fully healed. I had suffered infertility for 9 years and I wanted to carry this loss for my friend. I told her I wish it had been me because I knew how to carry that burden. It wasn’t fair. It’s never fair when a nice loving couple who has a warm home to welcome a baby into get’s their dreams crushed by such a loss.

Chantal Dube

Jul 31, 2013
5 min

Not For A Moment Did You Forsake Me

So some amazing things have happened since I was on 100 Huntley Street back in December. I have learned more about myself by being on the show than what I could have even shared during my interview. It’s been a new season of choosing joy and willingly making sacrifices for God. I had a let down in March. I thought God had a plan for us that once again I was wrong about. By God’s grace I was able to be very disciplined and held accountable by my close friends to continue t

Do you make sacrifices that reflect God?

Chantal Dube

May 25, 2013
3 min

Do you make sacrifices that reflect God?

I’ve been volunteering at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga since July of 2012. I play the harp for the preemies which has been proven to have scientific benefits to help relax them and therefore increase their saturation levels (oxygen intake levels). It’s been an amazing thing to play on average about 30 miracles every week. However there have been sad days. It’s not easy to see such tiny little babies hooked up to feeding tubes, monitors, IVs and breathing machi

“The Journey Through Adoption” ~ My interview on 100 Huntley Street

Chantal Dube

Dec 28, 2012
3 min

“The Journey Through Adoption” ~ My interview on 100 Huntley Street

Masterpieces from Jars of Clay. In one sentence that is what I learned about myself this month. But to sum it up I cut/pasted two verses that go wonderfully together. But we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. ~2 Corinthians 4:7 & Ephesians 2:10

Chantal Dube

Nov 24, 2012
4 min

Part 2 of I lack confidence.

19 For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” He is the one whom Silas,Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” he always does what he says. 20 For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.~Chapter 1 God does not function like the world. He does not say, “Yes”, than “actually No” This helps me to be more confide

“Out of the miry clay He sent my feet upon a rock and NOW I know!”

Chantal Dube

Sep 21, 2012
4 min

“Out of the miry clay He sent my feet upon a rock and NOW I know!”

Passage: Hebrews 10:19-39 Wow did I ever feel like muddy clay last week! Too muddy to even work with! I felt so at war within myself and troubled. There where some things I needed to learn about myself last week and it was tough and yuk. But thankfully the chapter this week is molding me in new ways, I finally feel ready to work with. When I met a potter a while ago she said the clay has to be ready to be worked with. Sometimes it can be to wet and muddy to work with an

Chantal Dube

Sep 17, 2012
4 min

Do I have a BIG BUT?!?

Listen to the sermon by Pastor Dr. Paul Little by clicking here! So this is my sermon recap on the message we heard on Sunday. Here is the video that was showed to us before the sermon 🙂 It’s called BIG BUT and you have to watch it! I’d have to agree with Dr. Paul Little that most Christians would describe their faith and relationship with Jesus as being a ‘personal relationship’. But is it? Accepting Jesus as your Savior and having a relationship with Him are VERY diffe

Chantal Dube

Aug 25, 2012
3 min

If you SHE came to your door what would you have done?!?

Passage: Luke 7:22-50 In reading about the woman who was the un-invited guest at the home of this Pharisee I couldn’t help but think about the people I know at Celebrate Recovery. CR as we call it is a ministry that allows people to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the “8 Recovery Principles.” This experience allows us to “be changed.” By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our add

Chantal Dube

Apr 29, 2012
2 min

Without love my spiritual gift is useless..ouch!

OK so I said I wasn’t going to blog on Sundays until the Fall again but this morning’s sermon is not something you can just walk away from. I get my thoughts in order best here on this blog so hopefully someone will be blessed as that is the ultimate point 🙂 Passage: 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 Pastor Doug spoke to us today and it was a very convicting message. He pointed out today during todays sermon that the two chapters about spiritual gifts (12 &14) are stuffed in the middle

Chantal Dube

Apr 20, 2012
3 min

God Knows Me Completely

Passage 1 Corinthians 13:13 Oh if I could tell you how many times I have heard the beginning of this passage at weddings I play harp at…I won’t tell you! This is a great ‘feel good’ passage this week, unless you are uncomfortable with God loving you and knowing you, that is an issue for some people but please keep reading. When I started reading this chapter I was honestly thinking…’Oh no what am I going to get out of it, I have heard it so many times before!’ But the middle

Chantal Dube

Apr 15, 2012
4 min

MUST READ: Amazing Testimony ~ by Jay Ruesgen

Dear in the clay followers, here is a great testimony that I’d loved to see shared with as many people as you know. You all enjoyed Dwaine’s ‘Crash’ story so much I thought I might try to share testimonies on Sundays with you instead of a sermon recap. We’ll see how the response is but here is a great testimony for you this week! This is an amazing story and I am blessed to personally know Jay and his wife Heather. They are truly amazing people. Please pass this story aro

Chantal Dube

Mar 18, 2012
3 min

Tough Medicine For Marriages

RECAP: Dr. Paul Little’s message can be heard at the link below. http://www.togetheratgac.com/sermons Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Subject: Headship in the Home Buckley’s taste awful but it works…right? So will this 🙂 Families are under brutal attack today because we’ve redefined marriage in a way God never intended it to be. Society is constantly challenging the roles God intended for us to have as husbands, wives, mothers and fathers. When we think about the relation

Chantal Dube

Mar 9, 2012
3 min

Not for my own good.

Passages: 1 Corinthians 10:14- 11:1 Not for my own good. That’s what struck me this week as I read this chapter. 23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. 33 …For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. How often do I say “no” to someone or “Sorry I can’t help with that

Chantal Dube

Mar 5, 2012
4 min

Living the Call

RECAP: Living the Call (Miscellaneous Speakers and Call to action by Gregg Henzilman) http://www.togetheratgac.com/sermons Scripture: Mathew 28:16-20, Luke 10:1-24 This week our service was about missionaries and ‘living the call’. We heard testimonies, stories from mission teams we have sent out and learned about missionaries we support as well as new missions that are being started. Afterward Greg who attends our Church and works for Power To Change (Family Life Canada) s