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Just a thought by coppi
Max Lucado: ” God gives us more by going deeper than we ask. He wants not only your whole heart – He wants your heart whole. Why? Hurt people hurt people. Think about it why do you fly off the handle? Why do you avoid conflict? Why do you seek to please everyone? Might your tendencies have something with an unhealed hurt in…
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I am reading a book about the Amish people. I fell in love with some of their proverbs/sayings. Following are some: ” We may face situations beyond our reserves, but never beyond God’s resources”. “Regrets of the past & fear of tomorrow are twin thieves that rob us of the moment” (Take my past Jesus &…
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Just a thought by coppi “Prayer makes the darken’d cloud withdraw; Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw; Gives exercise to faith & love; Brings every blessing from above”…… If you are around me any length of time, you will hear me say..”prayer is laying hold of God’s willingness not his reluctance. I have embedded those ten…
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Corrie Ten Boon – “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” Have you ever worried about something & it never happened. I have. All that energy wasted for nothing. One can’t help but worry when the storms of life engulf you – yet, Jesus said trust me & have faith. I think of…
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Ezekiel 35:10 – whereas the Lord was there Jehovah Shammah: “The Lord is there” “How often Satan shoots his arrows against our faith, but our faith defiles the power of hell’s fiery darts; they are not only turned aside, but they are quenched upon its shield, for “the Lord is there”…” Sometimes when life gave…
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1 John 4:7: Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God & knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. Anytime I read anything on love, it reminds me of the time in my life I…
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EvANGELism- have you ever noted right in the middle of the word evangelism is the word angel. How appropriate. Angels, messengers of God. Angels brought the good news to the shepherds of the birth of our Lord. Angels brought good news to Zachariah & Elizabeth, & Mary that the “dispensation of our Messiah, Jesus is here”. I love to go…
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Just a thought by coppi….written in 2020 Don’t allow your past to dictate the possibilities of your future. Don’t look in the rear view mirror, focus on the windshield- -go forward, the past is gone. Focus on the present. My past was a crippling experience for me. Yes, there were mountain top experiences but oh…
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Just a thought by coppi Pope Francis’ five finger prayer – try this simple method from Pope Francis to enhance your spiritual journey Here is a simple way to pray using your five fingers as an aid. You may already know it, as it was written years ago by Cardinal Bergoglio before he became Pope…
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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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