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Thanksgiving
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 These ...
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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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Glorify God by Being 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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Share the Light
“Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 Light is a powerful symbol o...
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Shine
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 My husband’...
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Equipping Ourselves
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” Matthew 19:26 A woman I know was 100 yards from reaching the top of Mount Everes...
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How Do I Follow the Lord After Camp?
“Cast your cares on The Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.” Psalm 55:2 Perhaps the greatest concern I find amo...
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Make 'Em Wonder What You Got
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 The most...
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Shining For Others
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it...
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Everything to Look Forward to and Nothing to Dread
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 When I lived in Spain, my best friend ...
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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 ...
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The Gift of Today
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change....
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The Search is Over
Jesus answered, ’I am the Way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 When I was in graduate school I wo...
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A Friend Worth Waiting For
“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 God made us to be relational people, hence the way He demonstrates His desire not...
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3 Reasons We Can Be Content
“For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned t...
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Today
“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 There’s something about spring that always wakes up and enlivens...
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God Is Patient with You
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.” Psal...
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Where Does Your Help Come From?
“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 Jeannette Wall...
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Joy in Being Found
“You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7 When our children, Wells and S...
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The Reason We Don't Have to Fear
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go....
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Be Free
“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 “...
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Upside Down Turned Right Side Up
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he ...
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How Many Thrones Do We Serve?
“You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that...
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Because of God's Grace
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the rig...
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Serving
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 In the book Crazy Love, Francis Chan talks a lot abo...
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Caught Up in the Mundane
“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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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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Human Beings, Not Doers
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 If ...
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Just Wait
“Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’ Now out of the ground the LORD God had ...
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Wonderful Joy Ahead
“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.” 1 Peter 1:6 This time a ye...