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The Beauty of Rest
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 “Come to me, all who labor and...
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Jesus in the Storm
“As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving t...
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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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Our Perfect Example
“So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert dic...
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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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God Is Listening
“In my distress I cried to the Lord and He heard me.” Psalm 120:1 Have you ever felt like your prayers or cries out to God have gone completely unan...
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Hide and Seek
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16 When I used ...
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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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Earning Your Allowance
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, w...
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A Different Kind of Freedom
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 E...
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Wholeness
“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land there is no water. So I ha...
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God's Plan is Bigger Than Our Comfort
“So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Zechariah 4:6...
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There's No Health Apart from Your Heart
“And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into h...
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Joy Stems from Gratitude
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-1...
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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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Are You Playing the Game?
“And God spoke all these words saying, ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have...
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Being Seen
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, ha...
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Are You Really Listening to Jesus?
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not ...
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He Knows More Than My Name
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.” John 10:14 Shortly after Kendall and I were married, her dad took me hunting at a Huntin...
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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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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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Leave Everything and Follow Me
“And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.” Luke 5:11 (Further reading Luke 5:1-10) Jesus demands we giv...
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God is Strong
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weak...
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Busyness
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16 Quick, ...
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Identity
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when ...
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What Are You Running for?
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us...
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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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Calm My Anxious Heart
“For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.” Luke 19:10 This year I have struggled some with anxiety. It begins with a small flickering of w...