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What If We Could Finish His Sentences?
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you…” James 4:8 God has blessed me with some amazing friends. I’ve spent so much time with each of them ...
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You Be You
“If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, ...
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Wholeness in Christ
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 “Every good gift and every perfect ...
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God Is At Work
“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with f...
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A Different Kind of Freedom
The Fourth of July: a day that demands attire of red, white, and blue, a day when repeated shouts of “USA! USA!” and “’Merica!” are even more socially...
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Don't You Care About Us?
“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” Mark 4:39 Do you ever h...
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God Forgives
“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose ...
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All for His Glory
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! ‘For who has known the...
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Don't Worry About It
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the pea...
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Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
“But the Lord God called to the man “where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked so I hid.” Genesis...
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God's Got This
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the...
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God Thinks the World 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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A Fresh Start
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 I love fresh starts and new beginnings. New Year’s Day, birthdays, sc...
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As Sure as the Sun
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken or my covenant of peace be removed. I have...
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God's Masterpiece
“What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” Psalm 8:4 “Do I even matter? Does my life mean anything? Why ...
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Kind
A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. 2 Tim. 2:4 Today, you’r...
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Casting Our Cares
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” ...
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God's Greatness in Our Weakness
“The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.” Psalm 145:14 David Ireland was married to a wonderful woman and despera...
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Let God Wreck Your Plans
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoeve...
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What Are You So Worried About?
“Therefore I tell you, do you not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on…but ...
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Learning to Be Still
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only be still.” Exodus 14:14 What is it that makes being still so hard? We live in such a fast-paced world, w...
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At the Heart of Love is Grace
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10 There’s a past...
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Life Starts Now
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 “Salvation sounds a new begi...
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You Don't Need Good Advice...You Need Grace
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 A number of years ago I was sitting ...
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Making Joyful Noise
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness!Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It i...
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Raisin Cakes
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, th...
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We Are Sheep
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way.” Isaiah 53:6 We are sheep. Throughout the Bible, that’s what God’s chi...
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The Yellow Chair
“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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When Jesus Gets In Your Boat
“And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon Peter, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. And Simon answered, “Master, ...
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The End of the Story
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city,...