Category: Hope
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Selfless Heroes … God At Work
I saw pain. Hurt. Friends. Love. God at work today. I sat in the heat and the sun outside the emergency room of Loma Linda University Medical Center today. I waited for news. And I watched the hurting people. I observed the family and friends waiting for news. Good news. Bad news.
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The Ultimate Promise
I’ve broken promises. One that haunts me is a promise that I made to our daughter when she was about 11 years old. I told her that I would pick her up when the library closed. Unfortunately, the library closed 30 minutes before I thought it closed. It was raining that night. I was horrified…
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Remembering Sweet Moments
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1:3-5 What if we took time to thank God for our spouses, remembering their partnership in our…
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Languages of Love
“And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” Mark 9:7 Jesus took Peter, James, and John with Him, and they walked up a high mountain. He was transfigured there, and the clothing of Jesus became a radiant white. Moses and Elijah appeared…
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COVID-19 Blessings
Jesus said to His disciples, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” Mark 16:15 Surely the pandemic will be over by the end of July, I reasoned. Disappointment greeted me when I learned that the She Speaks Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina was canceled. An online version of the…
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Don’t Look Back … Focus Forward!
About 18 minutes and 20 seconds into the video, you will find a teaching on Lot’s wife. In this time of COVID-19, fire, hurricanes, financial loss, and much more, I find myself longing for the way things used to be. Do you also wish for the good times of 2019 or even the first few…
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Perseverance In The Fire
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1…
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No Other Way
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus sweated as if it were drops of blood. He asked the Father if there was any other way to save you and me from our sins ….
