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Jesus: All Access Pass

In Matthew 6:5-15 Jesus is teaching us about prayer. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread....

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How Do You Live Out Your Love For God?

I read this story online somewhere(?) and wrote it down: A tired father came home from work, grabbed his newspaper, and settled into his favorite chair with a sigh of relief. All he wanted was a...

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Full Tank: He Holds No Good Thing

This is our “Thank Tank” It’s a wonderful container that I got as a gift and turned into a thank tank years ago when my children, who are now 23 (next week) and 18, were very young. The card I placed...

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The Guiding Light, As The World Turns: Before The Beginning Began

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In...

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What’s In A Name?

The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his...

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A Branch for Christmas: the richest gift of all

“The days are coming”, declares the LORD, “when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. “In those days and at that time I will make a righteous...

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It Isn’t A Christmas Season For Me

And again, Isaiah says, “The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will rise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust...

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Making A List and Checking It Twice

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1John 4:7-8) As much as I try or even want to love on my own strength, I...

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It’s Simple

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important...

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God Sings and Shouts With Joy

When I think of the Lord God of the universe…..the Creator of EVERYTHING finding delight in me it seems so surreal. He has loved us so much and I am in awe that He sent His son to die for my sins….me...

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Stay Close to the Light

Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is...

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Encouraged Encourager

It’s been several days since my last writing to you. Very strange for me, I know. I’ve been writing, but not to you, at least not here. You’ve all been on my mind and in my prayers. I have so much to...

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2012: A Year Filled With Attitude

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe that 2013 is here?! Wow! I have whiplash from 2012! As God woke me this morning and took me to our scripture, I smiled. I smiled because of all this brought me through...

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Have you mixed up your salt and sugar?

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone....

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Patterns Everywhere: Which to follow?

I’ve been teaching a lot on patterns in school and in ministry lately. Patterns in the world, and the patterns we trace. We’re told in Romans 12:2 to break the patterns of this world in our lives. The...

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Jesus is a “come as you are” kind of guy….but you certainly aren’t leaving...

Jesus is a “come as you are” kind of guy….but you’re certainly not leaving as you came! Even the worse day of your life, God can redeem. He can go back, pick that thing up and bring about a complete...

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The Ultimate Sweet Spot: Friendship With God

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 David discovered a truth and shares it with us: if he finds his life’s delight in the Lord, all his desires are...

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Freedom: We hold the keys

I was visiting with someone this week that was severely fenced in with bitterness. As I watched and listened, I saw how her life, those around her, and those on the potential other side of her choice...

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We Are Jairus’s Daughter

I woke thinking of Jairus’s daughter. We don’t know her name. We don’t know it because we are Jairus’s daughter. I first imagined what it would be like to be a 12 year old girl lying on a sick bed,...

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If I had the power to stop time…..{a writing prompt}

If I had the power to stop time, I wouldn’t. If that question were asked of a younger me, I would have answered differently and given a list of moments that I would have stopped the clock. But not the...

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