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God of Nature and God of You
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of...
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He Sees Your Tears
“This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: “I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.” 2 Kings 20:5 Lately I’ve been thinking a...
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You Are Not Who You Were
“Because you are in Christ you are a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Nothing brings out my sinful nature like ...
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When Things Don't Go Our Way
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” ...
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Plans to Give You a Future and a Hope
“For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to t...
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God Is Near to You Even Now
“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of thei...
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Forgiveness: Complete and Total
“The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He d...
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God Always Makes a Way Out
“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the te...
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Who God Is
“For a child has been born for us, a son has been given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty...
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The Ultimate Banquet
“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying ou...
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He Won't Start Failing You Now
“Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will never fail you nor abandon you.” Deutero...
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He Is Working in the Waiting
“Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:4 Raise your hand if you like to wait for things. Chri...
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Trusting God with What’s to Come
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 As I write this,...
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When I Am Weak
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness...
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The Promised Holy Spirit
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him wi...
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We’re All Looking for Someone Looking for Us
“Today salvation has come to this house… For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:9-10 There’s a story in the Gospel of Luke a...
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Walking in the Light
“I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.” Isaiah 42:16b There is nothing at camp that creates a lump in my...
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So What’s the Deal with Grace?
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boa...
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There’s Nothing
“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, o...
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Do You Have to be Perfect?
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope...
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Glimpses of Heaven
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who hav...
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Building a Palace
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanin...
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Waiting With Christ
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned” Isaiah 9:2 While Christma...
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Hope Leads to a Quiet Heart
“O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.” Psalm 131:3 Psalm 131 is an invitation to move out into the real world of noise, ...
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The Glory of What You Have Been Called To Do
“You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the fie...
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Waiting to See Clearly
“For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away […] For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then f...
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Never
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 Sometimes you just don’t feel that close to God. You might even wonder if He’s stil...
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The Gift of Pain
“And the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and mak...
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Pain Before Gain
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let st...
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Top Ten Verses of Encouragement
“And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 “This is the message we have heard from him and procl...