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What thlipsis (pressure , literally or figuratively):–afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble) are you bearing today? In the hard places of life, let us pray with St. Augustine:
“God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. “Flood the path with…
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Romans 10:1-3 – Dear brothers & sisters, the longing of my heart & my prayers to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling…
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“In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.…
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“It’s impossible to un-ring a bell” I read this today & thought how true. Many times I have done & said things I wish I had not but the bell was rung. James 3:5. Even so the tongue is little member, & boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. Help me Jesus to ring…
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Just a thought by coppi “But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.” Psalms 5:11 NIV Jeremiah draws a direct connection between faith and peace. He says, “Blessed is the man who trusts…
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What a challenge it is, Lord, for me to let you take over. I read this today and thought “yes, that is a true statement for me”. I remember as a child reading about the little train plugging along to climb a very steep hill – “I can do it, I can do it”, it kept repeating…
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“Tell the story of the mountain you have climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.” – Morgan Harper Nichols Rabbi Abraham Heschel was right: “The course of life is unpredictable; no one can write his autobiography in advance.” I am big in journalizing feelings because it helps me to release…
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The song, “There is a River” was written by David Sapp when he was 17 years old in the late 1960’s. Psalm 40 reminds us that it is to Yahweh that we must turn in trouble as well as in joy, when we’re in the pit and when we’re on the peak. That transition from…
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Lord the greatest success I can achieve is to know You and to love You, and help others know and love You too. “A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.” Philip Yancy “Heavenly Father, help me graciously accept changes knowing that…
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Romans 8:15 – so you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now, we call him “Abba Father”. For his spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And, since we are his children, we are his heirs. It was…
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