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Just a thought by coppi
And Hosea says, “I will be delighted to answer your question if you will first answer a question of mine. How can a holy God like this love such a harlotrous people like us?” The first thing about the nature of God’s relationship with us is that God gives to us a love that we…
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Just a thought by coppi
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth not knowing who will spend it. And so, Lord where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Psalms 39:6-7 NLT “Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I…
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Just a thought by coppi
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. (Howard Thurman) Can a world of posers tell you to do anything but pose itself (John Elredge) You can lose your soul, by the way, long…
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Tebow quote: “we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else”. If you are a people pleaser, as I am, (I am better at this as in years passed) but gee what a road to grind. I am a gypsy at heart – the more I can hang on me…
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“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” ― Frederick Buechner Enough said.
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Just a thought by coppi
I was led to believe that doubt is the opposite of faith. But the older I get, the more I realize that couldn’t be further from the truth. I recently saw an amazing quote from Cole Arthur Riley of @blacklituries that said, “Doubt is not a threat to faith: it’s faith that has finally taken off its…
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Mother Teresa said, “Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.” Brother Lawrence said, “There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.”…
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Ronald Reagan said it well: “Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” I have been attending a discipleship course on Wednesday nights at Temple Terrace United Methodist church which will come to an end in two weeks. It is an 8 week course. We have a different teacher every two…
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Just a thought by coppi
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” ~ Isaiah 40:8 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass in the field,…
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