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Loving in Times of Uncertainty
“I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy may be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I lo...
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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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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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What Is Love
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentf...
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Sick
“After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he ros...
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Raisin Cakes
“And the Lord said to me, ‘Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, th...
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God's Messengers
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, an...
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Abide in Him
“And by this we know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, a...
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Be An Umbrella
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossian...
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Freedom
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the ...
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Who Knows My Name
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” ...
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Pass It On
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled ...
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Serve Others in Love
“But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” Galatians 5:13 “Do to others…” “Others second, yoursel...
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Singing
“The Lord, your God, is with you, the mighty who saves. He will take great delight in you, in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice ...
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Birthdays
“‘For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:13-1...
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Respond in Love
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 I remember one summer when I was on the men staff at Greystone, I g...
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Amazing Love
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, n...
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Better Than A Slurpy
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of...
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The Good Samaritan
“And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written i...
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Love Like Jesus
“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifi...
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Same Kind of Different
“…For you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 I’ve always had a deep love for discovering differences in others. Back in preschool, I took ...
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Directions
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 Do you like following directions? ...
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Judging Others
“Do not judge or you will be judged.” Matt. 7:1 Author Ken Sande defines judging as “looking for others’ faults and, without valid and sufficient re...
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Don't Murder - 6th Commandment
“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13 In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, Jesus tells us a bit more about this commandment (Matt. 5:21-26). Whe...
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Saved
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not ...
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Growing Out
“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called ...
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Love and Grace Towards Others
“We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he h...
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Giving Back
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10 As ...
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Who Are We Seeking Approval From?
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would n...
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Serve, Not be Served
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 For most of my years at cam...