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Glorious, Ordinary Life
“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—an...
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Surrounded in Steadfast Love
“Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and ...
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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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Don't Fear the Endings
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 I hate when things end, don’t you? It’s almost to a fault ...
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Hope
“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come als...
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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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It's Okay to Not Be Perfect
“And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when ...
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Psalm 23
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me...
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Advanced Preparation
“For you are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for you to do.” Ephesians 2:10 Inadequate. T...
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Inner Peace
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart, for I have overcome the w...
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The Body of Christ
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:27 Do you find yourself looking around and wishing you could be mo...
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Enough for Today
“The Lord said to Moses, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be fil...
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The First Thing the Bible Says About You
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 You remember when you were...
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Five Psalms for Summer
I love the Psalms probably more than any other book of the Bible. They are so filled with every emotion, and remind me that David journeyed with God i...
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Not Alone
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayers.” Acts 2:42 This verse and the ones ...
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Boasting in Your Weakness
“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 about my w...
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Prayer Over Worry
“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before yo...
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Forgiveness
“The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He d...
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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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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 Always Makes a Way Out
“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the te...
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Sheep of Christ
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd...
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Powerful Words
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who ...
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Are You Quiet?
“But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Psalm 131:2 Are you quiet? ...
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Growing in Humanity
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet witho...
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Killing That Thing God Is Doing in Your Life
“We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves ...
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Extraordinary Promises
“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 Are you a countdown person? When I was younger, I was a huge cou...
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When God Grabs You
“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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Washed Clean
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pu...
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Don't Settle for Less Than God's Best
“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 ...