Category: Hope
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Do You Long for Peace?
“The mob rocked our friends’ cars. Kids were inside. They’ve threatened to target our kids on the school buses. Some women are taking their kids back to the states. I’m thinking of taking Kristin back.” On April 14, 1986, America bombed Libya to retaliate for the country’s sponsorship of terrorism against Americans. We lived off…
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Key to Answered Prayer
We’ve lived in the Philippines, Italy, the East Coast, the West Coast, and the Midwest. Keith was in the Air Force for 22 years, and he transferred to different locations every three or four years. A woman asked my pre-teen daughter where she was from. “No where.” No place to call home. Shoulders almost touching…
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What’s Your Favorite Name for God?
Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah Psalm 24:9-10 Some commentators believe that this is David’s song as he brought the ark of the…
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5 Promise-Powered Days
God has more for you. You’re God’s masterpiece, and He has good plans for you. Take His hand and let’s walk in His promises together, you and I. I’m offering this free “5 Days of Promise-Powered Meditations” to my monthly email newsletter friends. Subscribe now to get your copy. Which of God’s promises are you…
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7 Promise-Powered Reasons to be Thankful
Thanksgiving is coming. Having trouble giving thanks today? Do you think it might be hard to get into the Thanksgiving spirit? Like this quail surveying the area and waiting, we can survey our lives, pause to ponder God’s promises, wait for the Holy Spirit to give us understanding, and rejoice in the Lord’s goodness towards…
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An Unexpected Gift
As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Peter 4:10 Gifts come in packages, but the cherished gifts come in surprises, words, songs, friends, strangers, and God. This week, we received a cherished gift. California Baptist University students and…
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Three Keys to Rebuilding From Brokenness
Scroll to 21:48 for the teaching. Working in concert with each other, we glorify God. Next to and after each other. We’re taking the fallen stones and rubble of today’s church and each other’s lives, and we’re rebuilding … hand in hand much like Nehemiah led the Jews in rebuilding the wall and gates of…
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Arise! 5 Keys to Jonah’s Prayer
Apply for that job, Karen. I don’t want to, Lord. It’s too big. I don’t know how to do all that’s required. Week after week, notices appear. Delete. Delete. DELETE!
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9/11 & 2020 – Never Forget!
“Wake up! A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center.” Keith taught the night before, and we’d gone to bed around midnight. Standing transfixed on the television, I’m weeping. He’s trying to make sense of what we’re seeing.
