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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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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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His Good Work Starts Now
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his peopl...
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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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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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Don’t Forget About Your Best Friend
“You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the w...
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He Won't Let Go
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anyth...
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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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Crowned with Glory and Honor
“What is man that you are mindful of him? The son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glor...
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Secret Missions with God: Give
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. ...
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More, Not Less: A Practice for Lent
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 O...
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Fear Is Fraud
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous ri...
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Being Content With What We Have
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clot...
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Shining for Jesus
“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved gen...
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Secret Missions with God: Pray
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. T...
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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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Who Do You Say That I Am?
“And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ And...
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Knowing Jesus for Ourselves
“Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me everything I ever did.’ So when the Samaritans c...
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The Heart of a Pharisee: Majoring on the Minors
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more...
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You Are a Fixer-Upper and He Is at Work
“And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and ...
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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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Is There a Plan B Lord? Really?
“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 29:11 I absolutely love teaching the senior bible class each summer. It is such a...
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You Are Deeply, Deeply Loved
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fe...
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Rooted and Grounded
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he ...
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On God's Team
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 As a girl who was raised in the South, I consider myself a pretty big football fan. It’s rea...
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God Is Near to You Even Now
“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of thei...