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Thoughts By Helen Grace Lescheid

January 29, 2018

God is Mysterious

There’s much about God we don’t understand. Why didn’t He stop the earthquake or the tsunami? Why doesn’t He protect innocent children? Why do the wicked prosper? C.S. Lewis writes: "You can’t analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious,”

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December 5, 2017

Faith is an Action Word

Are you, like Martha, standing face to face with an insurmountable problem? Yes, you believe all the right things about Jesus, but are you willing to trust Him completely? Even now - with this present problem?

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October 6, 2017

I Want People to See Jesus in Me

“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive

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September 8, 2017

God’s Holding Patterns

When God wants to do something new in our lives, it is often preceded by major renovations. “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, put painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11

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August 10, 2017

A Sense of Wonder

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to

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July 21, 2017

The God of Second Chances

God was well acquainted with Moses’ failure and inadequacy. But Moses did qualify on one count: God loves to use ordinary, weak, human beings to do His work.

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June 11, 2017

God’s Discipline

Who loves his child more—the father who allows the child to do what will harm him, or the one who corrects, trains, and even punishes the child to help him learn what is right?  Discipline may feel like punishment, but let us remember God’s discipline is a sign of his deep love for us.

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April 8, 2017

After What I Did, Can God Use Me Again?

When we have sinned, we are prone to think that, even though God forgives us, our life of service is finished. Our reputation is ruined. We’re a complete failure. Satan wants us to live in defeat, ...

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March 22, 2017

Victory in Christ

“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57. “It isn’t my fault. He made me do it.” “She can’t help it -after what’s happened to her.”

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July 15, 2016

I Have a Choice

#Devotional I HAVE A CHOICE I can continue to blame my upbringing, past experiences, & life’s injustices for the mess I’m in, or I can focus on today & begin to take steps of recovery.

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