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When Temptation Strikes
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet witho...
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Tackles and Lures
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God actually say, ‘You shal...
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Are You Rooted?
“… but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields it...
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People Pleasing
“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of...
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Secured by God's Good Work
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in th...
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Learning to Love Those Around You
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17 One of the questi...
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All In
“Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to li...
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Abide in Him
“And by this we know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, a...
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How Many Times Do I Have to Forgive?
“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Don’t you hate it when so...
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Written on the Palm of His Hand
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hand.” Isaiah 49:16 When I was in middle school, when you were “going out” with a boy, you would wri...
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How Faith and Gratitude Go Hand in Hand
“Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever!” 2 Chronicles 20:21 As Judah readied to defend itself against three armies in 2 Ch...
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All Things New
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the...
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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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Labels
“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him because we shall...
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Love in Action and in Truth
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods an...
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Climbing the Wall
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment” Philippians 1:19 “All Scripture is breathed out b...
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The Potter's Hand
“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8 This verse has been in...
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Sunrises
“To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of y...
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Made in His Image
“Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I a...
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On God's Team
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 As a girl who was raised in the South, I consider myself a pretty big football fan. It’s rea...
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He Is With Me
“Fear not, for I am with you…I will strengthen you, I will help you…” Isaiah 41:10 I love everything about summer. I love that it’s camp time and i...
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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...
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Your Father Knows
“Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after these thin...
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Expectation vs. Reality
“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases” Psalm 115:3 My favorite memes of 2018 all have to do with “expectation vs. reality”. Not on...
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Reckless Abandon
“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.” Luke 11:33 As child...
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Out of Control
“The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.” Psalm ...
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Wisdom
“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understand...
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Inner Beauty
“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the...
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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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Life-Giving Tree
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight i...