Tag: Holy Spirit
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Gifts That Last
When we celebrate, we like to give gifts. Handmade gifts, gifts of special foods, expensive gifts. Some of us shop for Christmas all year. Are you buying gifts for next Christmas and enjoying deep discounts? What gifts to you cherish most? How long do they last? There are gifts that last. God has given His…
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Taking An Adventure Through Eternity
Keith and I have traveled and lived throughout the world. We like adventures, even when we don’t know what lies ahead. Do you? The Christian walk is such an adventure that starts with God. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so…
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Do You Long for Unity in the Chaos?
I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. John 17:21 NLT The Holy Spirit unites us with each other and with Jesus, even…
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ALL for Love
I love chocolate. I love to take walks with my hubby. I love my husband deeply. Three kinds of love, yet, we use the same word for each. I might choose different words and rephrase my sentences: “Chocolate excites my tastebuds. I enjoy taking walks with my hubby. My love for my husband causes me…
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3 Steps to Worshipping in Holy Splendor
“Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his presence. Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.” 1 Chronicles 16:29 (NLT) Throughout the Bible, we read of many holy moments. Moments when eternity entered time. “True religion confronts earth with heaven and brings eternity to bear upon time.”…
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Free At Last!
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 Today, we remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. He knew freedom in God, and he sought to bring freedom to all of America. Freedom from…
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Want a New Way of Living?
What a new way of Living? You can discard the disappointments of 2020 and embrace the new way of gratitude in 2021.
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Do You Long for Peace?
“The mob rocked our friends’ cars. Kids were inside. They’ve threatened to target our kids on the school buses. Some women are taking their kids back to the states. I’m thinking of taking Kristin back.” On April 14, 1986, America bombed Libya to retaliate for the country’s sponsorship of terrorism against Americans. We lived off…
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God’s Peace in Nature
“What’s happening? They’re not talking. Leaving their lunches uneaten and going to the upper deck. Let’s go!” No one’s talking. No picture taking. Silence. Andy is crying.
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Are You Listening?
“Listen. Can you hear the note hang in the air as the next note is played?” Squinted eyes. Frowning face. “Listen again. It’s as if I’m connecting the notes as a complete thought – a sentence. One note joins the next to produce a new meaning. Do you hear it?” “Cool!” “Wasn’t that beautiful?” Smiling…