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just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi “No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.” — Bob Goff “Measure your success against others and you’ll be unhappy when they win—and less likely to receive help from them due to your jealousy. Measure…
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just a thought by coppi
A woman named Hagar first used one of these names. When God met her in her distress, she said, “You are the God who sees me… I have now seen the One who sees me” (Genesis 16:13). This phrase, “The God Who Sees Me,” is translated as “El Roi” in Hebrew. He said, “Hagar, slave of…
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just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi “We remain preoccupied with many little things, our Lord walks with us on the road and keeps explaining the Scriptures to us. Thus there are many rays of hope casting their light on our way through life. “ Henri Nouwen On The Road to Emmaus: Only one of the four gospel writers included this…
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just a thought by coppi
Where are we going? After a very short visit to earth the time comes for each of us to pass from this world to the next. We have been sent into the world as God’s beloved children, and in our passages and our losses we learn to love each other as spouse, parent, brother, or…
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just a thought by coppi
People don’t like to be told what to do and when they need to get it done – they long to be free. If someone – even themselves – tells them they have to achieve something by a specific date, they’re not going to have fun in the process even if it’s something they enjoy.…
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just a thought by coppi
Just a thought by coppi Ps 42:1-2 as the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you O’God. I thirst for God, the living God. 5-6: Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again – my Savior &…
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just a thought by coppi
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) After the crucifixion, the disciples were together “with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders” (John 20:19–20, NIV). They had heard that Jesus had risen from the dead…
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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…
Just a thought by coppi 