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		<title>Ensuring acceptance and approval</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/06/17/ensuring-acceptance-and-approval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaining approval and acceptance of others is a primary goal for most of us. How do make sure we get it? And, how do we handle it when we don't? Where is God in all of this? Please join me as we continue to explore these important questions.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=901&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Return of the Lord</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/06/13/the-return-of-the-lord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[random thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Thessalonians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beloved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children of the light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouragement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Lord's return]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At an unknown time Jesus will return from heaven to gather his saints, living and dead. It will come as a surprise to many, but not to us. Why? We live with our bags packed, ready to depart and join Jesus at any moment. We are alert and watchful, eagerly awaiting this joyous reunion. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=899&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do you contain?</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/06/10/what-do-you-contain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family influences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guy doud teacher of the year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unspoken family rules]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You were created to contain and display beauty. Is that what fills you and overflows to those around you? How does what is expected of you impact the person you are? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=893&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Born to be wild? Born to please is more likely.</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/05/28/born-to-be-wild-born-to-please-is-more-likely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unspoken family rules]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[God's plan was for each child to be loved perfectly and honored for their unique personhood. Today, we continue to explore how this plan went awry. Loved well by our parents, we were not loved perfectly. Unspoken family rules proved very influential in our character development and world view. Please join the conversation.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=882&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The (de)formed self</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/05/13/the-deformed-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a chlid's nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apgar scale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden of eden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaian 49]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your conception]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How your loving, but imperfect family (de)formed your God given identity, and are your children's unique personhood being (de)formed by your imperfect love? hmmm<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=875&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decision to make? try solitude</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/05/09/decision-to-make-try-solitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Devotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healingr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark 1:35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus had to decided what to do next. He got clarity by being alone and talking it out with his Father. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=858&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God gives God&#8217;s self a gift</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/05/06/god-gives-gods-self-a-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrated by God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evelyn Underhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giving the perfect gift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's gift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isaiah 43]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mentored Life Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[true self]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thementoredlife.com/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves getting gifts, even God. You are God's gift to God's self, to your world and to you. Learn to enjoy the gift that you are.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=867&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Imagine, you are a gift God&#039;s gives the world</media:title>
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		<title>Begin with the end in mind</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/04/29/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's beloved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revelation 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Merton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who am I]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thementoredlife.com/?p=862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's easy to define ourselves by what we do, or what roles we play, but are these actions and responsibilities the sum of who we are? Let's take a look at the way God would answer the question of who you are. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=862&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can you let yourself be loved?</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/04/22/can-you-let-yourself-be-loved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NEW OLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointing God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father Gregory Boyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God is love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage proposal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thementoredlife.com/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["God is love. God cannot not love." A look at God's fierce and tender love and our response to it. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=852&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lord sends the Spirit</title>
		<link>http://thementoredlife.com/2013/04/17/the-lord-sends-the-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Bellingham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Devotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holy Spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power of god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tongues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A brief look at how God plans to love the world through you! (aka Pentecost)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thementoredlife.com&#038;blog=13157400&#038;post=845&#038;subd=thementoredlife&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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