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The Secret of Forgiveness
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. Only by letting him wash your feet can you have strength to wash those of another.
A Blessing to Everyone
A Blessing to Everyone - Words of Blessing. Put aside sarcasm and bless others with kind words.
You’re Not Alone
Have you ever gone to the grocery on an empty stomach? You’re a sitting duck when you do. When you’re lonely, you do the same in life.
Different Parts, Different Hearts
When we all do our part in the body of Christ, everyone gets a job, everyone gets honored and everyone's important.
May You Know the Love of God
May you know the love of God in its fullness, in its endlessness, in its loveliness, in its tenderness—
Stay Strong in the Lord
Stay strong in the Lord in His words and His promises. Hold onto Him, cling onto His every Word What you sow is what you reap. God's love is eternal; there's no boundary to…
God’s Ways are Right
We live beneath the protective palm of a sovereign King who superintends every circumstance of our lives and delights in doing us good.
He Rewards All Who Look for Him
I will never be able to live the Christian life through my own self-efforts. My only hope for victory, power and fruitfulness is to trust Christ to live His resurrection life in and through…
God, Our Peace
Can you call God your peace? Do you lean on his peaceful ways to get through trials?
It Begins with the Heart
Have purity within your heart and never allow others to taint your wishes and beliefs. Ezekiel 36:26 "And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.…
God Helps Us Pray
Why do we sometimes feel as if our prayers go no farther than the ceiling? We’re speaking, but is God listening? The truth is that the Lord is always attentive to the prayers of…
He Will Tell You
There is a difference between temptation and sin. Temptation is the initial impression to do something contrary to God's will. Such impressions come to all people, even as they did to the Lord, and…
A Right Spirit
When you think of biblical characters whose hearts were right and who followed hard after God, who tops your list? For me, it’s David.
The Trustworthy Character of God
Whom do you trust? It isn’t easy to find many people who are true to their word. At some point, we all learn the hard way that anyone other than almighty God can disappoint…
Mercy and Grace
The average Christian spends so little time at the throne of grace, so little time beholding the face of our Lord. As a result, he does not really believe that mercy and grace are…
Through the Eyes of Jesus
Father, please help me see the people around me as Jesus does. I want to see your work done in their lives, so please give me patience with those who are rude, tenderness with…
What We Hope For
ThoughtWhile the road ahead of us may be clouded with questions and concerns, we can look back and see the many ways God has acted in our behalf to get us...
Remember to Give Thanks
God wants to hear our prayers, but to keep them from becoming too self-focused, God wants us always to remember to give thanks. It is so easy for us to turn prayer into a…
The Mercy of the Lord
Psalm 52:8 "I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." A devotional focusing on the different aspects of what…
Satan’s Strategy
When Satan sifts believers, his goal is to damage our faith so much that we're useless to God.