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Thoughts By Julie Cosgrove

May 16, 2023

Squeezing God In

Be creative about how you squeeze God into your day. Talk with him as you wait in bumper-to-bumper traffic, or in that fast food line.

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May 2, 2023

So Much More

The truth of the gospel is this: there is more to life than what we are facing, suffering or rejoicing in right now.

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February 16, 2023

Not That Simple

How about you? Will you give up the simple ways to embrace the deeper, richer foolishness of God?

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January 24, 2023

Dangling Threads

You want to pull it, but you know you shouldn't. That dangling thread on the seam of your clothes is bugging you. Does that describe your life?

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December 23, 2022

Shining Faces

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us.” Psalm 67:1 I remember one of my mother’s favorite sayings: “How I love to see your shining face.” When faces shine they are elated, full of joy, love and anticipation. “Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow” are the words in a familiar carol that describes children waiting for Christmas.

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December 16, 2022

Christmas Is For Children

‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’” Luke 18:16-17

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November 4, 2022

Do I Have To?

I didn’t want to forgive them. They’d emotionally abused me for a long time, and it felt like a bone bruise

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October 26, 2022

All That is Within Me?

Sure, I bless the Lord with my lips and, as much as I can, with my heart. But with all that is in me? Can I really bless Him when my lower back is kinked or my sinuses are blocked and filled with pain?

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August 21, 2022

Judging Vs. Justice

The next time you are quick to judge, stop and ask God to alter your attitude so you might be an instrument in bringing that person to true justice—through Jesus.

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July 20, 2022

False Security

The Holy Spirit is our mind's gate. The gate code is the Word of God. Whenever something rattles our thoughts, we should ask, does it jibe with what I know to be Truth?

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