Category: Hope
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43 Love-Kissed Years
From the hippies to the colonels, From the Midwest to the Pacific Islands, From the East Coast to the West Coast, From Italy to California, From military life to academic life, From sickness to health, From travelers to tour guides, From side-by-side to hand-in-hand. Forty-three years tasting life. From traipsing across the globe to home,…
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God healed me … I went kite flying!
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not be tired, They will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31 On January 1, 2011, almost six weeks after the Lord miraculously healed me of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, I…
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God’s lovingkindness brings peace
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27 Jesus gives us peace with God, a peace that is not dependent on our actions or others’ actions. This peace was…
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What emotion is filling you this Christmas?
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from…
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Light of the World … the Christmas Gift
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 One day, Jesus stepped out of eternity into time to…
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God gave Himself … What will you give?
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” Matthew 1:23 Our glorious God has bestowed great and precious promises and blessings upon His followers. One awesome gift: God gave Himself, so that men and women would be able…
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I would have despaired unless …
Seeds sprouted and pushed up through the stony Israeli soil to wait upon the sun for nourishment. In the light of the sun, they blossomed to bless passers-by who shared their beauty with others through photos. I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the…
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God’s lovingkindness leads
The Lord is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. The Lord is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works. All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, And Your godly ones shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk…
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Thanksgiving … a gratitude celebration. What are you grateful for?
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with…
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3 years … HEALED!
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 Today, marks the third anniversary of the Lord’s healing of my body’s fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Three years, pain free. Three years, proclaiming…