Tag: hope
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68 Reasons Why Jesus is Superior
Christians are walking the Roman Road together. There are gaps in the road, sometimes holes, grass, and weeds. Often, we stumble, and sometimes we veer off the road and the stones, but Jesus holds out His hand and waits for us to grab it again. He picks us up when we stumble, brushes us off,…
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God’s Mystery Revealed
There’s just something about a good mystery that I like. What about you? Do you like to look for the clues? Do you feel elation when you discover the answer? Keith was in the Air Force for 22 years, and we lived in the Philippines, Italy, the East and West Coasts and in the Midwest.…
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God in the Dark: Light Pierces the Dark
“It’s hard to be a Christian,” was a stranger’s comment when he asked me about God in the Dark. We were in the sun on a hot day waiting for the celebration to begin, a graduation ceremony. The crowd, the heat, the noise disappeared as we explored Sarah Van Diest’s 31 devotions focused on recognizing God…
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15 Quotes from Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way
Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way challenges readers to dig deep within themselves. We’re prompted to ask the gritty questions. “Is there a purpose in the brokenness that I’m experiencing?” “What can I learn from my pain?” “What is really important? To God? To me?”
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12 Quotes from Christ the Healer
F.F. Bosworth’s Christ the Healer is truth for today. Keith and I read this book after the many times that I had been prayed for and anointed with oil for healing from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. After Keith read this book, he told me that he was going to preach a sermon after the…
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5 Reasons for Hope, 3 Steps to Hope
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 But I’m not even 20! I chose you to tell My people that they have sinned, and I’m bringing judgment. They won’t listen to me or respect me!…
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Never Forget Auschwitz
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 Today, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz prisoners.
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5 Reasons to Cling to God’s Word
Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants. Psalm 119:89-91 Sixty-six books, 40 authors, yet God-breathed, 2 Timothy 3:16, The Bible reveals a love so…
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A Light Shines in the Darkness This Christmas for You
A Light Shines in the Darkness The Life was the Light of Men And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 He came to walk among us, share the Kingdom of God, heal the…