2019-08-02
You are Defined by God, and God Alone
Your faith will grow stronger as you focus on your identity in Christ (Galatians 2). What this means is that you abandon any image of yourself that is not from God.
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2019-07-31
Serve As Jesus Did
Thought - Think of a practical way that you can serve someone you know and make a plan to do it today. Next, ask God to provide you with an opportunity to serve a stranger today.
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2019-07-31
To Do Good
We are to be a people who do good deeds! When God gives us the opportunity, let's take it!
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2019-07-29
Like a Sweet Perfume
"...spread the Gospel like a sweet perfume" 2 Corinthians 2:14 We can certainly learn a lesson from the apostle Paul. He frequently begins a chapter or a verse with a note of praise.
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2019-07-28
Grace Can Heal Hurts
People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately. Sometimes randomly. So where do you turn?
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2019-07-26
Walking Through Open Doors
God, help me pay attention to clear signs you provide regarding my future
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2019-07-24
One of Those Days
So the next time you have one of those days, try this. Instead of wondering “why”, with Job you can say, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” Not only when good comes your way ... but also when you have “one of those days.”
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2019-07-20
Sweet Comfort
Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted and hopeless. Yet very few of us have ever experienced a defeat so complete and bitter as the one God's people faced when Isaiah shared this message of hope.
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2019-07-19
Be Assured
I have experienced weakness and I have cried out for help in desperate situations. I have needed to be told over and over again by the Lord to not be afraid. I have needed his reassurance. He is our God. He is Sovereign. He has ultimate power and authority.
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2019-07-19
God is Our Guardian
God is your guardian, separating you from evil. So, why do bad things happen to us?
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2019-07-18
Five Important Truths I Keep Forgetting
“The Christian life is a battle,” our pastor reminded us. “Don’t let anyone tell you
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2019-07-17
God and Comfort
Just close your eyes and imagine that God too has a message board in Heaven and on it each day He writes that His goal for the day is to make you and me as comfortable as possible.
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2019-07-11
God’s Unfailing Love
Believing and accepting that you are loved by the Father will in turn affect your feelings for Him. Commit to knowing Him more intimately and accurately through His Word, and your affection for Him will begin to grow.
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2019-07-01
Grace Upon Grace
Test this question: What if God's only gift to you were his grace to save you. Would you be content?
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2019-06-21
In Step with God
There will be hard times, but God gives Christians everything necessary for following Him. And His grace will always prove more than sufficient
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2019-06-20
The Bandit of Joy
The bandit of joy is Fear. Fear of death, fear of failure, fear of God, and fear of tomorrow. His arsenal is vast. His goal? To create cowardly, joyless souls.
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2019-06-12
Corrective Lenses
“God already sees you as perfect in him.” Based on my own ongoing and painfully slow transformation, I jokingly asked my friend if she ever wondered if God might need glasses.
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2019-06-10
Christian Civility
Jesus calls Christians to words and actions that go far beyond civility, even civility. His call is life altering, indeed it is death to self.
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2019-06-09
Comfort: God’s Holy Exchange
All of us will be walking in more of the Luke 4:18-19 (NKJV) ministry of
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2019-06-07
Inner Beauty
"...but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. “ 1 Peter 3:3-4
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2019-06-06
Standing in the Storm
“What am I going to do?” How many times have we all uttered this cry of despair? Sometimes the storms of life come without letup; they seem endless, successively crashing against us until we feel as though we can’t take any more. In those times of desperation, Psalm 62 offers three valuable lessons.
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2019-06-04
Being Transformed
Oh, I want to be transformed, I want to be more like Jesus. My scripture calendar deeply convicted me the day I read this powerful verse from 2 Corinthians 3:18
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2019-06-01
Why Worry?
When Jesus says, “do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body what you will wear…Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” It doesn’t mean we should be lazy and not provide for our families.
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2019-05-31
A Squawking World
“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen,” and the squawking magpies remind me to not only see the souls’ longings, but also hear them. I am called to be an imitator of God as I listen: “Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24).
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