Category: Hope
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5 Reasons for Hope, 3 Steps to Hope
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 But I’m not even 20! I chose you to tell My people that they have sinned, and I’m bringing judgment. They won’t listen to me or respect me!…
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Never Forget Auschwitz
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 Today, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz prisoners.
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3 Reasons to Love Others
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved,…
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A Grandmother’s 9 Favorite Bible Verses
My grandmother, fondly called Momo, was one of my spiritual mentors. She loved the Lord dearly and loved her Bible. When she died, my mother gave me her Bible. I pulled her Bible out this morning and read what she had written in the front and back of her Bible. There were quotes from commentaries,…
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5 Reasons to Cling to God’s Word
Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants. Psalm 119:89-91 Sixty-six books, 40 authors, yet God-breathed, 2 Timothy 3:16, The Bible reveals a love so…
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4 Reasons to Create Memorials in Your Home
We observe, we talk, and we remember. We remember what was done, what was said, and what happened. How we choose to view our past informs our future. We can sit down and frown. We can talk about how life isn’t fair. We can wonder, “Why is this happening?”
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A Light Shines in the Darkness This Christmas for You
A Light Shines in the Darkness The Life was the Light of Men And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 He came to walk among us, share the Kingdom of God, heal the…
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2 Christmas Gifts
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35 “What? The Holy Spirit who overshadowed Mount Sinai when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments is going to overshadow me? I’m just a…
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Napalm Girl’s Fire Road to Hope
Keith and I just returned from Vietnam and Cambodia. Fire Road and Kim Phuc Phan Thi were on my mind the entire trip. The Anti-American War (the Vietnamese name for the Vietnam War) is ever present there and in the scars of Kim Phuc. Yet, the same spirit that Kim Phuc demonstrates in Fire Road was apparent…
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Walking in The Holy Spirit’s Stunning Power
The Beautiful Gate or Eastern Gate where the lame beggar sat was the largest gate to the temple and the most beautiful. In Hebrew, the name of the gate means “Gate of Mercy.” It took 20 men to move the gate. The gate faces the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley. It was sealed…