Tag: hope
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There is a Better Way!
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1 Who works 9 to 5 anymore? Longer hours, more demands, 24/7 responsibilities! It seems like our world is on fire, literally, and in our lifestyles.…
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The Key to Success, Purity, and Hope
We can memorize poems, memorize names, or memorize our multiplication tables … head knowledge. We can meditate upon the Word, apply it to ourselves, pray the words as our own, consume God’s Word as if it were the life-giving manna and living water that it is … heart knowledge. When God’s Word is in my…
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The Key to Being Blessed
Mary believed Gabriel’s message that she would give birth to the Messiah, and she was called blessed. What are you believing?
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5 Steps Toward Spiritual Friendship
How many close friends do you have? Really close. Do you have any spiritual friends? Before I read this book, I had not connected “spiritual” with “friend.” “Spiritual friendship is learning to see the worth God has placed in each person and appreciating the gifts individuals have to offer.” (p. xviii)
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8 Things I’ve Learned from God’s Healing
On January 1, 2011, Keith and I were observing the San Diego Kite Club flying kites on the beach. A stranger came up to me and asked, “Would you like to have this kite?” Almost six weeks after the Lord miraculously healed me of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. Another test of my faith. Do I…
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8 Reasons to Believe God for Healing
Six months after the Lord healed me, I climbed half-way up the Great Wall of China (only halfway because the bus was going to leave). I would not have been able to climb the steps without healing. Wednesday will be the eighth anniversary of the Lord’s healing. On November 21, 2010, Jesus healed me of…
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Eternity is Now in Session … A Review
John Ortberg has asked an important question that all of us need to consider: “What if salvation isn’t mostly about getting us into heaven but about getting heaven into us?” (p. 7). In Eternity Is Now in Session, Ortberg examines the meaning of salvation in light of eternity. This book arrived from the publisher two weeks before…
