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just a thought by coppi
What a challenge it is, Lord, for me to let you take over. I read this today and thought “yes, that is a true statement for me”. I remember as a child reading about the little train plugging along to climb a very steep hill – “I can do it, I can do it”, it kept repeating…
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just a thought by coppi
St. Andrew of Crete (AD 650–740) wrote: Let us spread before his feet, not garments or soulless olive branches, which delight the eye for a few hours and then wither, but ourselves, clothed in his grace, or rather, clothed completely in him. We who have been baptized into Christ must ourselves be the garments that…
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Just being with him in the Augustiner Museum is a prayer. I look and look and look, and I know that he sees the depths of my heart; I do not have to be afraid. Henri Nouwen
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“Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it. Instead of carrying the world on your shoulders, talk to the One who holds the universe on his.” — Max Lucado “Do you love me?” (John 21:17) Jesus asked Peter this question three times, and each time when the answer…
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Elijah Meets God at Horeb “He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind, and…
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Just a thought by coppi
“Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.” — Brennan Manning “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalms 139:14 NIV Opinions from others and myself keep me from looking to the mountains from…
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Just a thought by coppi Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love,…
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just a thought by coppi
The Bible has a better idea. Rather than seeking total control, relinquish it. You cannot run the world, but you can entrust it to God. (Max Lucado) I have turned my job of being the ambassador of the world over to God. Relinquish: Relinquishing the act of giving up something such as a responsibility, claim, or possession. Relinquishing something is not an easy task…
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just a thought by coppi
The Bible has a better idea. Rather than seeking total control, relinquish it. You cannot run the world, but you can entrust it to God. (Max Lucado) I have turned my job of being the ambassador of the world over to God. Relinquish: Relinquishing the act of giving up something such as a responsibility, claim, or possession. Relinquishing something is not an easy task…
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