Tag: God
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4 years healed … 4 years of grace
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be…
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Life with a Capital L … A review
Matt Heard, senior pastor of Woodmen Valley Chapel in Colorado Springs, has given Christians a gift with a capital “G” in his book Life with a capital L. A moment in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow forever transformed him. Nikolai Yaroshenko’s painting There is Life Everywhere…
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Reverent moments in Rome
The Sancta Scala (Holy Stairs) are thought to have led to the Praetorium or judgment hall of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem. Jesus could have climbed these 28 marble steps on His way to His trial before Pontius Pilate. Helena, Constantine the Great’s mother, brought the steps from Jerusalem in…
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Happy birthday to my beloved!
May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. Song of Songs 1:2 2014 has been a year of distinction, a year of challenges, a year of recognition, a year of new opportunities. You met 2014 and all it brought from the foundational values and priorities you…
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Has God used a nuisance to make a difference?
Keith and I enjoyed a Country & Western concert recently. It was a “bring-your-own-chairs and Easy-Up” gathering on the green at the base of our San Jacinto Mountains. Clapping to the music, I looked over at Keith’s feet, raised up off the grass. “Ants! Are you about ready [to leave]?” “Well, why don’t you…
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Colliding with destiny … Finding hope in the legacy of Ruth, A Review
This book is a must read for women who are in the middle of challenging times. I have read the book of Ruth quite a few times, but I had never approached it from the perspective of a young woman emerging from great loss, isolation, and the unknown. Sarah Jakes offers practical insight about…
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Who do you need to forgive?
“Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. … “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for…