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Just a thought by coppi
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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“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 once when they…
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“God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.” — Bob Goff When I think of holes, I think of the holes little-creates dig to hide from mankind and other dangers to them. The most well-known burrowers are probably mammals, especially the mole, gopher, groundhog (also known as a…
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“Do you love me?” (John 21:17) “Jesus asked Peter this question three times, and each time when the answer was yes the response was “Feed my sheep.” Talk is cheap. Love is everything. What do you do to show your love”? What do I do to show my love”? I read the above over and over…
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“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 in the Lord, and whose…
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Just a thought by coppi
Coupled with God’s desire for us to seek out mystery is the truth that we are not meant to fully grasp every part of God and Christianity. Part of the beauty of our relationship with an omnipotent, omnipresent, and eternal God is that there will always be parts of him that are a mystery to…
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“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. Uncomfortably, he or she is the…
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Edward Grinnan – make me see, Lord, how much you give me to look forward to, to help me through the winters of my life. Ps 135:7. He makes the cloud rise from the ends of the earth; He sends lightning with the rain & brings out the wind from his storehouses. Ecclesiastes 11:5 –…
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (Mt 5:4) When I read the above scripture this morning, I seem to always relate it to death as I have heard this scripture quoted many times at funeral’s. This morning, I looked at it differently. When I am fighting health issues, I am mourning the loss…
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Insecurity Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Ps 143:8 To know that I am loved by God has been a quest of mine since childhood. I have asked God to…
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