Category: Hope
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8 Miles Refocusing on Jesus
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
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God’s Mystery Revealed
There’s just something about a good mystery that I like. What about you? Do you like to look for the clues? Do you feel elation when you discover the answer? Keith was in the Air Force for 22 years, and we lived in the Philippines, Italy, the East and West Coasts and in the Midwest.…
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God in the Dark: Light Pierces the Dark
“It’s hard to be a Christian,” was a stranger’s comment when he asked me about God in the Dark. We were in the sun on a hot day waiting for the celebration to begin, a graduation ceremony. The crowd, the heat, the noise disappeared as we explored Sarah Van Diest’s 31 devotions focused on recognizing God…
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15 Quotes from Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way
Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way challenges readers to dig deep within themselves. We’re prompted to ask the gritty questions. “Is there a purpose in the brokenness that I’m experiencing?” “What can I learn from my pain?” “What is really important? To God? To me?”
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30 Blessings & 25 Responsibilities for Christians
Photo by Diana Simumpande on Unsplash Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us…
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Hosanna! Jesus Saves!
Looking up the present-day Mount of Olives. Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!” Matthew 21:9 Passover was just six days away. Mary anointed the feet of Jesus…
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Are You At the Feet of Jesus?
Six days before Jesus’ last Passover, Lazarus, Martha, and Mary enjoyed a dinner with Jesus in Bethany. Imagine Jesus’ thoughts as He sat with Lazarus. Lazarus, a beloved friend. Lazarus, the one who became sick and died. Lazarus, the dead man Jesus called to walk out of the tomb (John 11). Lazarus, the brother who…
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God’s Love Acts: 25 Ways + MORE
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 The Bible tells us that God loves the world, that He is the world’s Creator, and that He delights in His creation, especially in the people He created.…
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The Key to the Christian Walk
When someone asks you “”Where do you live?” How do you answer? I usually say, “Beaumont, California” or my subdivision if I’m not in Beaumont. I don’t say if I live in a house, an apartment, or on the street. Pilate asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” but Jesus gave no reply in John 19:9.…
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12 Quotes from Christ the Healer
F.F. Bosworth’s Christ the Healer is truth for today. Keith and I read this book after the many times that I had been prayed for and anointed with oil for healing from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. After Keith read this book, he told me that he was going to preach a sermon after the…