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Tag: joy

2021-02-12

My Soul Yearns for You

When a young couple in love is apart, they long to be with each other again. When a parent is separated from his or her child, the parent misses the child intensely.

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2021-02-12

True Satisfaction

We know that God satisfies the yearning soul. He provides ample supply of what we quietly and desperately need.

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2021-02-10

Grab This Opportunity

Don’t permit the past to hold you back. God has not limited his purpose for your life to one task, one workplace, or one group of people.

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2021-02-09

Love is Patient; Love is Kind

The way we treat others is rooted in how Jesus treats us. Thus, the call to love is not a call to sentimentality. It is the willingness to live like Jesus.

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2021-02-03

Peace for Anxious Days

God knows what you need and where you’ll be.

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2021-02-01

Immeasurable Love

“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear Him; ” Psalm 103:11

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2021-01-28

God’s Love is Not Heart-Shaped

Lord, as we choose to walk in love each day, help us forgive people just as you have done for us. Amen.

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2021-01-28

So He May Forgive Us

You and I have a way by which we can be absolutely certain of God's forgiveness.

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2021-01-25

The Peace of His Presence

Verses with God's promises. God's peace is one of the benefits of our covenant relationship with Him.

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2021-01-23

Think About

Think About In the quiet moments of a peaceful morning walk I let my thoughts drift heavenward My thoughts are filled with You I think about Your majesty

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2021-01-10

At Home in God’s Love

Jesus makes it very simple. He says, “Make yourselves at home in my love.” We don’t need to go looking for home; we may simply come home to Jesus.

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2021-01-07

Speaking Without Words

We can speak—With the eyes of understanding; With the ears of alertness; With the smile of delight; With the tone of kindness; With the spirit of compassion; ...

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2021-01-03

Living, Listening, Loving and Laughing

My resolutions for this year are quite simple: Live, Listen, Love, Laugh. I want to ‘live’ more for the Lord, I want to ‘listen’ more to the Lord, I want to ‘love’ more in the Lord and to ‘laugh’ in the freedom of the Lord.

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2020-12-23

Quiet Joy

If we could feel the quiet joy that Mary felt that night, We'd celebrate Your coming in a new and different light. Breathe calm into our frantic rush, help us Your peace to know.

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2020-12-20

When Christmas Does Not Look Like Christmas

Christmas doesn’t look like Christmas at all, (especially with the challenges of COVID 19

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2020-12-18

Letting God Lead

Recently I found myself talking with a friend on this very topic. She felt as if God was telling her that a new season was coming, but she didn’t know what to do in the meantime. Was she supposed to rest? To work? To wait?

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2020-12-17

Walk it Out

“Whatever you did for the one of the least of these brothers and sisters of

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2020-12-11

You Can Have Joy

Joy is true contentment that comes from internal factors like our faith in the Lord. True joy is everlasting and not dependent upon circumstances.

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2020-12-07

Waiting Patiently

Thought: I'm not good at waiting. But, my hope in the Lord gives me patience that is beyond my human tendency.

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2020-11-28

By Definition

In the midst of healing from a profound heartbreak, the clarity and depth of God’s love burned through me as ferociously as the moment I first received Christ into my life. The intensity of his love significantly transformed my thinking.

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2020-11-09

A Prayer for the Nearness of God

Gracious Father, I thank you that there are no limits to when you will come to us.  You still come near, every day, when we come and behold you.  Help me to focus the eyes of my heart on you today and take your presence with me wherever I go.  In Jesus’ name, amen.

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2020-10-30

Go To Him

Ever feel as if you need to get away? So did Jesus. (Mark 1:35) Ever have so many demands that you can’t stop for lunch? He can relate. (Mark 6:31) . . .

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2020-10-29

God is Kind

"... I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.  Jeremiah 9:24

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2020-10-18

The Evidence

How can I experience gentleness in a world that is harsh and demanding and always wanting things its own way?

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