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The Purpose of Good Works
“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 One...
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What Does it Mean to be In Christ?
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ...
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At the Mercy of the Waves
“…it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself…It is the Lord who judges me.” 1...
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God's Amazing Love
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, ...
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Re-seeing the Kingdom of God: The Poor In Spirit
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 As Jesus begins His public ministry, it becomes undeniable that p...
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Let Others Love You
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1 For the last few ...
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The Secret to Friendship
“We love because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 Making friends seems so much easier at camp, right? All it takes is a “hi!” walking from Waterpark ...
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You Are Important to Jesus
“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. Wonderful are yo...
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A Father to the Fatherless
“And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and i...
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God of Nature and God of You
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of...
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See Yourself as God Sees You
“Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another ...
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Are You Still Salty?
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be ...
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What Is True about You
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from t...
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Encountering God Face-to-Face
“And I said, “Woe is me! I am ruined; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the L...
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He Knows More Than My Name
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.” John 10:14 Shortly after Kendall and I were married, her dad took me hunting at a Huntin...
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Where Are Your Roots?
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight i...
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What Gifts Were You Given?
“For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you…for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but rather a spirit of power a...
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A Delighted-In Creation
“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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Purposeful Beauty
“…and the King will desire your beauty. Since He is your Lord bow to Him.” Psalm 45:11 “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making ...
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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 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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Go See the Woodcarver
“Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” Psalm 34:5 I love Max Lucado’s children’s book You Are Special. In th...
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Meditating on God’s Word
“I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.” Psalm 119:48 I am currently reading Justin W...
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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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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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Wedding Dresses
“I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of...
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Wonderfully Made
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are ...
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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...