Tag: blessings
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Possess heaven
Ever step back and question what an instructor is saying? Ever question God’s outrageous promises? He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:2-3
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Love flames make marriage soar
From small-town Okemah, Oklahoma to exotic hide-aways around the globe, each year has brought new challenges and new adventures … ever-increasing pleasure, joy, and love … years filled with “new.” A life in crescendo. I have been honored to share those experiences with you since the day I met you. May your year be filled…
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Gecko rest
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. James 1:17-18 If…
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What’s your dance with God?
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf,…
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Where do you find your joy?
At an event, I had the pleasure of hosting a table that focused on joy. I asked passersby to write on a flipchart where they found their joy. To my delight, the first person stopped, smiled, and wrote “Jesus.” Most wrote, “grandchildren” and “family.” Some struggled to think of something that brought them joy. I…
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Are you resting in 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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Where is God’s lovingkindness leading you?
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth It is a great and awesome thing that God gave Himself, so that men and women would be able to live with Him forever. Declare His lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness by night! The Lord is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and…
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Thanksgiving … Remembering God at work
An olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane old enough to have given shade to Jesus Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of…
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Have you chosen a hard life? 3 steps to the good life
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is…