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Control
“O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.” Psalm 115:9 I love to feel like I’m in control. I expect things to work the way t...
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All Things are Possible
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 My grandfather signs all of his notes, letters, and cards with this ver...
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Under Your Nose
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 I recently purchased an iPhone along with an OtterBox case to pr...
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You Can't Have Jesus Without His Bride
And lest us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one...
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Worry
“And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on...
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Grace
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 I recently heard grace described ...
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I'm Sorry!
“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins a...
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Prayer
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, ...
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Rest
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 Rest hours at Greystone are glorious, aren’t they? Where el...
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Toxic
“Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Have you ever stopped to ask yourself—like JimDaddy asked me back at Ca...
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Guilt and Shame
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am,...
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Directions
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 Do you like following directions? ...
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Stress
“Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who ...
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Judging Others
“Do not judge or you will be judged.” Matt. 7:1 Author Ken Sande defines judging as “looking for others’ faults and, without valid and sufficient re...
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O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of...
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Contentment and Rest
“O LORD, My heart is not lifted up; My eyes are not raised to high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have...
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Wrestling with Rest
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Genesis 2:2 By t...
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Do Not Covet - 10th Commandment
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything...
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False Testimony - 9th Commandment
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16 This command is pretty involved, and also has some similarities to the 6th ...
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Do Not Steal - 8th Commandment
You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15 There is more than first meets the eye to the 8th commandment. We are not trusting God when we break this command...
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Adultery - 7th Commandment
“You shall not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14 If you take water and combine it with Kool-Aid, they become something completely different than they w...
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Don't Murder - 6th Commandment
“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13 In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, Jesus tells us a bit more about this commandment (Matt. 5:21-26). Whe...
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Honor Your Parents - 5th Commandment
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 This command is not typica...
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Keep the Sabbath Holy - 4th Commandment
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. O...
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Do No Misuse God's Name - 3rd Commandment
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” Exodus 20:7 When you hear so...
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No Idols - 2nd Commandment
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow do...
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No Other Gods - 1st Commandment
“You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 Everybody worships something, even if they say they don’t. People can worship lots of things,...
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The Ten Commandments
“And God spoke all these words.” Exodus 20:1a The 10 Commandments are God’s law. Christ came to fulfill this law because sinners (us) can never fulf...
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Modest is Hottest
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self control.” 1 Timothy 2:9 Typically when I talk to gir...
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Grace
“I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a b...