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He that demands mercy, & shows none, ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass. Thomas Adams A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace & a thankful heart. Charles G Finney We all struggle with our humanity, with our soulishness, but cleansing is not found in the…
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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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Written in 2021… “To love is to be vulnerable.” —C. S. Lewis “a study conducted by the American Journal of Preventative Medicine concluded that social media is both our greatest opportunity for social connection and our greatest source of loneliness.” It’s hard to be vulnerable. It’s hard to allow anyone in your walls of protection. I heard someone say…
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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 “Luke Ditewig of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Boston writes: “We Brothers say that the person who most gets under your skin in the community has a special role to play. That one is your teacher. Often what annoys us in another relates to something in ourselves.…
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God loves you simply because he loves you. You don’t have to work for his affection. You don’t have to set yourself straight before God can pour out his love over you. The father in the prodigal son story ran out to meet his son before anything had ever been set right. He didn’t know…
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2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV: “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.” Get your eyes off man and keep them on Me. Follow Me and you can have a close relationship with Me too.” People will disappoint…
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The Apostle Paul says in Philippians 3:13-14 TLB: “Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us”. Isaiah 43:18 -19 says, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!….” God says, “For…
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El Shaddai which in Hebrew means “the all-sufficient one” or the God who is more than enough. In a Bible class I took, we were studying the names of God. Our teacher told us when we study these names He reveals to us in the Bible, we will better understand who God really is. As I studied the…
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Laying hold of God’s willingness not his reluctance ….written in year 2014 Something happened to me this month, I lost my car keys. It wasn’t an ordinary key but one that electronically does everything & to replace it would cost lots of dollars. I lost it at the scene of an accident. I was there helping a friend,…
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