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God, So human he could touch people. So mighty he could heal people. So heavenly he spoke with authority. So human he could blend in unnoticed for thirty years. So mighty he could change…
We need a shepherd to care for us and to guide us. And Jesus is that Good Shepherd. The Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. The Shepherd who protects, provides, and…
God inhabits the tiny seed, empowers the tiny deed. He cures the common life by giving no common life, by offering no common gifts. Don't discount the smallness of your deeds.
If today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions, what happens when we fill our minds with thoughts of God’s love?
God is in the business of changing hearts. We would be wrong to think this change happens overnight. But we would be equally wrong to assume change never happens at all.
The self-centered see everything through self. Their motto? “It’s all about me!” To the self-centered– the flight schedule, the traffic, the worship styles—everything is filtered through the mini-me in the eye. Philippians 2:3-4 says,“Do nothing…
Jesus flip-flopped the pecking order. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love does not boast, it is not proud. Jesus has no room for pecking orders. In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. “Regard one another…
If God loved us with an imperfect love, we would have high cause to worry. Imperfect love keeps a list of sins and consults it often. God keeps no list of our wrongs. His love…
God has kept no secrets about this life. He has told us that we will experience
Worship is magnifying or enlarging our vision of God. Of course his size doesn’t change, but our perception of him does. As we draw nearer, he seems larger. Isn’t that what we need? A…
God is changing you from the inside out. Ezekial 36:26-27 “I will put a new way of thinking inside you. I will take out the stubborn hearts of stone from your bodies, and I…
God repeatedly pledges his presence to his people! To Abram, God said, “Do not be afraid.
The anxious heart says, “There’s trouble out there!” So you don’t sleep well. You don’t laugh often. Misfortune lurks... it’s just a matter of time.
God knew that we would someday need his grace. That is why he gave it to us before we needed it. Max Lucado gives a splendid example of this....
God moves us forward by healing our past! Can he really? Can God heal this
God is at work in each of us whether we know it or not, whether
Sometimes what we need is just a word of encouragement, isn’t it? And God gives a word—to the overwhelmed.
Abba, thank you for sending a helper to direct my steps. You know everything and will guide me in your will. Help me to know your will. Keep me on...
1 Corinthians 13 is the Mount Everest of love writings. And no words get to the heart of loving people like verses 4-8:
"The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children." 1 John 3:1 (NCV)