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“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.” — Rudyard Kipling I have been stymied by my own fears most of my life. Fear was a dark cloud looming behind me. I told myself as long as I hide behind this darkness and not turn around and face the fear of whatever…
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Just a thought by coppi “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault “As the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s short story observes of this resurrected one, Jesus went and “thrown everything off balance.” The unlikely prophet reasons, “If He did what He…
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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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“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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closed doors 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…
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Proverbs 17:3 -The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart. As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are assayed by God. Because God loves you, you can…
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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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“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 Highly sensitive people (HSP) are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14 NIV). They do not need to be treated for HSP, because it is not a…
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Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. Psalm 139:10 Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. Psalm 73:23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. The main verse of scripture that is…
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It is such a secret place, the land of tears – Antoine De Saint Ps 56:8 – Hold you…..weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.. Ps 56:8 you have kept count of my tossing, put my tears in your bottle My flesh & my heart may fail, but God is…
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