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Reckless Abandon
“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.” Luke 11:33 As child...
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How Do I Tell Others about Jesus?
“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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But I Say to You
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ...
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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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O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out o...
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You Don't Have to Earn God's Love
“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, ...
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The Best Mystery
“…that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and ...
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The Darkness Is Not Dark to Him
“I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.” Isaiah 42:16b There is nothing at camp that creates a lump in my...
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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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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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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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God Sings Over You
“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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Bringing Kindness to Those Around You
“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 Timothy 2:4 Today, ...
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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 Truest of Loves
“…may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpas...
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The Love of God: Deep and Wide
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hea...
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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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Mindful 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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The Great Love Your Heart Seeks
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We ...
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The Lie of the Fairy Tale
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 14:12 When you have three daughters you pretty much get to wa...
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Learning to Love People Better
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25:40...
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Those Who Are Kept, Keep
“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.” Pslam 121:5 If we are able to own our need of help and ask for the limitless, ...
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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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Do You Look Like Love?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love […]” Galatians 5:22 One of my favorite songs is “More Like Love” by Ben Rector, and I often find myself singing...
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What Makes Up the Kingdom of God
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Chr...
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Getting the Full Picture
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thor...
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You Are God's Child First
“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.”...
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What Real Love Looks Like
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us...
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Sinners Crying Out to God
“During those many days the King of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescu...
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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...