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Can You Show Grace Today?
“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and ind...
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Are You Homesick?
“They desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.” He...
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Altogether Beautiful
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” Song of Solomon 4:7 You are beautiful. Did you know that? If you’re anything li...
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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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Trials As a Testament
“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy bring...
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Christ, Our Sure Foundation
“I love you, LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn o...
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The Sacrificial, Complete, and Purposeful Love of God
“Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that ...
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Who Are You?
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Psalm 139:14 Who are you? Whenever...
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Trusting in His Faithfulness
“The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he ...
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Do You Know Who You Really Are?
“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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Not by Your Good Works, but His
“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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The Good News: You're Not in 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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Finding a Mentor
“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.” Hebrews 13:7 Did you k...
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Are You Looking for the Next Thing?
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 I have spent many years of my life waiting for the next thi...
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Running Towards Brokenness
“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous,...
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God Celebrates Ordinary People
“And Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob the father of Joseph and Joseph the husband of M...
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The Books That Would Be Written
“When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you k...
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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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Your Body Is Not a Project
“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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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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Will Worry Last Forever?
“Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians...
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Because I Loved Them
“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who ...
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The Shepherd's Voice
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” John 10:14 Think about what goes on when you answer the phone. Sometimes you recogni...
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Why We (Still) Need John 3:16
“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 John 3:16 i...
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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 on...
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God Is Good at Being God
“I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2 I don’t think I’m God… most of the time. But I sure act ...
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Gloriously Ordinary
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, ...
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What To Do With Worry
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6 I’m no stra...
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God Uses People Just Like Us
“Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the ...
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Saturated with Something
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is ...