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just a thought by coppi
”fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:2 One of my meditation today directed me to read Heb 12. I have read Heb 12 many times, so before I started to read again, I asked Jesus to light up a verse which would stand out in blazing neon lights even if…
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”And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There…
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An elderly professor once said to me, “Son, be kind to everyone, because everyone’s having a hard time.” Everyone you know has reasons to wonder if God loves them. (Jim Denison quote in First 15) Interesting quote by Jim Denison’s professor. We never know what is inside someone’s being, and what they are going through. I know some…
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Just a thought by coppi We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Psalms 39:6-7 NLT “Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t…
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“Worrying causes us to be “all over the place,” but seldom at home. One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there”. I have worried about many things in my life that never happened. But, at that time, that…
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Years ago while living in Dallas, Tx, I used to volunteer to work at the VA hospital as an undercover person with the Chaplain there. My job was to hand out Bibles to veterans and to encourage them by sharing the love of Jesus. I learned so much from them. When one is looking death in the…
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just a thought by coppi
Years ago while living in Dallas, Tx, I used to volunteer to work at the VA hospital as an undercover person with the Chaplain there. My job was to hand out Bibles to veterans and to encourage them by sharing the love of Jesus. I learned so much from them. When one is looking death in the…
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“Do not be afraid, have no fear,” is the voice we most need to hear. This voice was heard by Zechariah when Gabriel, the angel of the Lord, appeared to him in the temple and told him that his wife, Elizabeth, would bear a son; this voice was heard by Mary when the same angel…
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“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace…
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roverbs 26:20 says, “For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” Proverbs 15:4 says, “A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” Matthew 15:11″It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of…
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