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Christ-followers contract malaria, bury children, and battle addictions. And, as a result, we face fears. It’s not the absence of storms that sets us apart. It’s whom we discover in the storm— an unstirred Christ. (Max Lucado 1/2/19) The wonderful hope of Christianity tells me that I will see my siblings, mother, father & friends who have gone before…
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Jeremiah draws a direct connection between faith and peace. He says, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf…
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God has limitless, powerful grace for you today. Run to him with your sin. Run to him with your failures and struggles. Run to him with the pain of others’ words that he might speak his healing truth over you. (Greg Denison First 15 12/27/18 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm…
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“Dear God, thank you for today”. This is not a dress rehearsal – this is it! Dear Jesus help me to live each day, each minute/ moment of this day in gratefulness & love of the beautiful life you gave me.
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So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.”�2 Samuel 9:13 Mephibosheth was no great ornament to a royal table, yet he had a continual place at David’s board, because the king could see in his face the features of the beloved Jonathan.…
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Unclogging The Shofar…. “The most uniquely Biblical musical instrument was the shofar, the Hebrew trumpet from a ram’s horn. The word shofar comes from a word that means clear. To make a sound you have to be clear. You can’t blow through something that’s all clogged up. You’re called to be the Lord’s shofar-a vessel of God, an instrument…
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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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