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just a thought by coppi
Mark 12:17 – Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”. “Giving to God what belongs to God means seeing the face of God in every human being and respecting the dignity of each person and defending his or her right to life. We belong…
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Scripture continually describes a link between emotional health and trust. Isaiah 26:3-4 says, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Psalm 56:3-4 And Psalm 33:21 says, “For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.” …
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“Jesus promises rest for my soul when I spend time in His presence. Reading the Word and conversing with Him in prayer give me clarity to see where I’ve picked up burdens He never meant for me to carry. Jesus helps me understand where I’ve tried to control circumstances rather than giving Him control. He…
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“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 NIV “Do not worry about tomorrow, God is already there”. Worry and fear, the demons of the mind. Why? The Bible explicates “Do not worry” – ““Do not conform to the pattern of this world,…
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“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;…
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Written in 2018 “For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” Psalms 57:10 NLT I drove to Gainesville, Fl yesterday for my every three month appointment with my wonderful doctor Moreb who has been my lead cancer doctor since I found I had Multiple-Myeloma in 2011. I can’t…
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ust a thought by Coppi “If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn’t act the way we want God to, and why I don’t act the way God…
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PRAYER As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God. In you is the source of life, by your light we see the light. [Psalm. 42:1; 36:9] A deer will seek water after being chased or hunted by predators. In the heat of the day, the watering hole becomes the assemblage…
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Just a thought by Coppi “I choose to trust what I don’t understand to the God who does.” Truly, I have had to say the above quote many times in my life because I do not understand the many goings-on in my surroundings. My mother used to say to us when we would ask about something we…
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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection…
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