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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 Can't Run a Car on Mustard
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 So t...
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Choosing Joy and Gratitude
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 I’m ti...
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Mindful of You
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, ...
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Addicted to Busyness
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 On the college campus where I’m a pastor, I have a little ...
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What Are Christians Defined By?
“And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedres...
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Is There a Plan B Lord? Really?
“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 29:11 I absolutely love teaching the senior bible class each summer. It is such a...
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Tracking Everything but My Heart
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 One of my favorite things about m...
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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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God's Abundant Grace Every Day
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Romans 7:15 Do you ever have those days, or even weeks (or...
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The Heart of the Pharisee: Guarding the Gate
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not e...
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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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You Are Deeply, Deeply Loved
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fe...
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The Broken but Beautiful Bride of Christ
“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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Worry Better
“God is within her, she will not fail.” Psalms 46:5 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I worry like it is going out of style. And I’ll tell you w...
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The Me Idol
“How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?” John 5:44 “He must increase,...
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The Heart of a Pharisee: Focusing on the Superficial
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self...
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Choose Your Own Adventure
“And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.’ So he hurried...
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Though the Seasons Change, Your Love Remains
“In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all ...
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The Beauty of Coming Back
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Fa...
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Rooted and Grounded
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he ...
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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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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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The Powerful Love of God
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him...
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Calms Our Fears
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. Isaiah 43:2 Where are you struggling to ...
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Crowned with Glory and Honor
“What is man that you are mindful of him? The son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glor...
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Stop Hiding Your Light
“You are the light of the world, a city on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, ...
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A Delighted-In Creation
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult...
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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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Forgiveness
“So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ He refused and went and put him in prison until ...