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thoughts by Idelette McVicker

Enthusiasm

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." I find God in the places where I am most enthusiastic.

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Thoughts by Katherine Kehler

What My Dad did Right

During my teen years, I tended to focus on what I thought my dad did wrong. Now adays I find myself reflecting more and more on what my dad did right,

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thoughts by Gail Rodgers

Inspired by Joy

It’s an un-ordinary challenge to consider trials pure joy! It seems unreasonable. “Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

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thoughts by Vonette Bright

Break Out of Loneliness

Are you waiting for others to reach out to you? How about reaching out to them? Maybe you should take the first step. You are not the only one who is Lonely.

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Thoughts by Katherine Kehler

Whatever You Do

Matthew 25:40  I believe these verses are talking about helping people in need — or refusing to help them.

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Thoughts by Men

Book of Life

I am to be whom God has made me: fragile, fallible and dependent on Him in the mess and muck of life but not sucked in by it.

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thoughts by Helen Grace Lescheid

I Have a Choice

Every choice we make takes us down a certain path. Either to a person that is in harmony with God...

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thoughts by Gail Rodgers

Walking with Jesus

This journey of life was meant to be traveled with Jesus. He wants to direct our footsteps. He desires to share our journey and travel through each season with us. As life crowds in,…

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thoughts by Christa Hardin

Am I Significant?

“Mommy, is I big?” asks my almost three-year-old son Jack. “Am I someone special, someone significant?”

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thoughts by Alec Niemi

Yes, Lord, Yes!

I suspect that God is just as frustrated with me when I say “yes” to Him and then don't do what He wants me to do.

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Thoughts by Men

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

God longs for me to draw near him. He has shown me his heart by sending Jesus. . If he loves me that much, then I can trust that his desire is to save…

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Thoughts by Katherine Kehler

God is Timeless

You have to be amazed at the speed of communications today. But even more amazing is the fact that God knows and hears our prayers even before we think about them or open our…

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thoughts by Charles Stanley

Handling Difficult Circumstances

Focusing on Christ is neither a natural reaction nor an easy one. Our instinct is to dwell on the situation at hand, searching for solutions or stewing over the pain and difficulty. As a…

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thoughts by John Fischer

The Shirt Off His Back

"And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” 1 John 3:16 Today, someone offered me the shirt off his back.

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Thoughts by Men

The Silent Waiting

One thing you can say about the world we live in is that it’s a noisy place. Silence is not always easy to find.

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thoughts by Marilyn Ehle

He’s Still Knocking

I wonder how many times during the day Jesus gently knocks to warn me of his waiting presence? Not a warning that danger is imminent (though that may be true), but to warn in…

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thoughts by Mark Buchanan

Intersecting Eternity

The joy I get in pastoral ministry: a word or deed here has the power to touch the inmost parts of a person’s heart, extend to the ends of the earth, and last forever.

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thoughts by Vonette Bright

God’s Love

Diana says she’s not afraid of her past.   In fact, her dramatic change speaks volumes about God’s love.

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