Category: Hope
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Biscuit Prep -> Christian Prep
On Sundays, I cook biscuits for Keith. Yes, I’m a Celiac and can’t eat them, but Keith enjoys them, so I delight in making them. As I was kneading the dough this morning, I thought about all the times God kneaded me. Folding the dough and massaging it, getting it into the right shape for…
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God’s promise of a future and a hope beyond your difficulty
Olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane, perhaps witnessing the tears of the Messiah the night He sweated drops of blood and cried out to the Lord, Luke 22:44. Yet, there’s the hope of the tree of life. We are approaching a season that can be filled with great joy. The season can be a…
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6 Years Healed!
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young…
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Freedom Costs
Freedom costs. America’s freedom cost our forefathers their lives, their health, their livelihoods. America’s continued freedom has been preserved by our military members and those who support them. Today, there are about 1.4 million American military members and over 21.8 million veterans. Today, I met a Viet Nam veteran who teared up as he spoke…
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From Dark Chocolate to Jesus
Sometimes, I get desperate. Many things have gone wrong in the past several weeks. Perhaps it’s because I can’t get Auschwitz out of my head. It could be that work and emails have piled up to unthinkable proportions. Not really. It’s because I lost my focus on Jesus. I came home and ate a piece…
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Never Forget the Lesson of Auschwitz
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 Auschwitz is the story of evil, the story of endurance and strength, and the story of good in the midst of unthinkable evil. Bart, our guide at Auschwitz, shared his family’s stories of survival and those of other survivors.…
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Consider your ways … Jesus loves you
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes. Thus says…
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Intercessory Prayer … A Review … Search the Scriptures
Dutch Sheets has repackaged his classic Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth. Sheets caused me to examine my own prayer life in light of Scripture and my traditional understanding of prayer, miracles, and the will of God. I greatly appreciate the word studies, questions at…
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Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the earth is full of His glory.” Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, which was, and is and is to come.” Revelation 4:8 My prayer Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, show us Your glory, Your holiness, Your face. Oh, Lord, You alone are Holy,…