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just a thought by coppi
Dear Lord, help me to recognize Your presence, not just in grand moments, but in the quiet background of each ordinary day. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you…
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The brindle cow would have lived til now: If only she’d saved her breath. But she feared that her hay wouldn’t last all day: And she worried herself to death. We can either trust God or worry. I don’t know why it’s so easy for us to worry, and so hard to trust; I wish it…
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““For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV I awaken this morning with fear hanging over my shoulder, because I had a…
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Just a thought by coppi Oftentimes we take feelings of loneliness, rejection, shame, and guilt and believe that they must be truth. Truth isn’t found in our emotions, but rather in the word of God. Our mind is the gateway to our emotions. We feel the way we do because of what we perceive and…
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“He knew from the beginning of time we would develop hundreds of ways to run ourselves ragged, as my grandmother used to say about folks never stopping to enjoy their blessings”. In his book The Promised Land, the Scottish minister John MacDuff made this profound statement: “when you can’t trace God’s hand, trust his heart”. Let us…
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I am a cancer patient, but am blessed that I am in remission. Grateful does not cover my emotions of joy and happiness for this blessing. However, I have to go every 3 months to the cancer center to be checked to see if any reoccurrence has developed. As I sit in the waiting room, I am aware…
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Luke 19:1 – Jesus & Zacchaeus Today, I was reading about Jesus & Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector who cheated people on their taxes thus becoming a very rich man. He had heard that Jesus was passing his way – he hurriedly made his way to see him, but being very short, the only way…
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Just a thought by coppi “The truths of God’s never-failing faithfulness, that are contained in His redemptive plan for Israel are equally pertinent for the Church today. He will satisfy our hunger and thirst for righteousness. He will continually guide us in the way we should go, and teach us all things, through the power of the indwelling…
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“who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalms 103:4-5 NIV What pit are you in? One of God’s promises is He will redeem you from any “pit” you are in. He is faithful to…
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“On the same day, when evening had come, He [Jesus] said to them, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat…
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