Dear God, O how I love you because you took me to the brink as a child and used my illness to bring my Dad to his knees for a lifelong ministry serving You. Thank You for waiting patiently for me when I thought Your ways didn’t apply to me and I could live beyond […]
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Recently I was asked to post this NUGGET again. It was true before and still is today. In the English language, ‘love’ is a catch-all term for many different kinds of feelings. This is only partly why English speakers are so comfortable slinging it around. If love knows no boundaries, then surely there’s no language barrier
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LORD Jesus, thank You for invading history to wipe away all my sin and make it possible for me to get back to our Father. I bless you for the promise of heaven when You are done with me, but in the meantime, help me live like a redemmed child of our Father. I want
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Dear God, my Father, I long for a church home where my fellow worshippers are more interested in being DOERS of Your Word, and not just hearers. Where can I find a place where we will get challenged to Be and Do differently when we go away from worship. I’m tired of just checking the
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Heavenly Father, help me walk as closely as I can to the agonies Your Son walked in his last hours before the cross. Please don’t ever let me lose touch with those agonizing hours. Keep me focused on eternal things for His sake. Amen Verse for Today: “He himself bore our sins” in his body
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Dear LORD, when the world teaches me love is conditional: based on performance, appearance, and status…remind me Your love is unconditional and once received can never ever be lost. Hallelujah! That’s why it is so important for me to spend time focusing on You—soaking up Your Presence and absorbing Your Word. Keep me close, all
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Father, God, thank You for sending Jesus among us to do what no one else ever did or could. Since Jesus was and is the Prince of Peace who is both with and within me, I can stay calm in the midst of stressful situations, by re-centering myself in You. Thank You for caring enough for
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OK, LORD, when I am most attuned to You, I know You do Your greatest works through people with grateful, trusting hearts. All too often I want to plan, evaluate, forecast on my own. Please jerk me up short when I am not practicing trusting You for what comes next. Make me perpetually thankful for
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“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (II Corinthians 5:17) In his book Teaching the Elephant to Dance, James Belasco describes how trainers shackle young elephants with heavy chains to deeply embedded stakes. In that way the elephant learns to
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LORD, my Father…I got up this morning earnestly praying for my children and grandchildren. First, thank You for giving each of them health and life. Thank You for rescuing them from poor choices and bringing the all to maturity. Here are my pleas to You for their futures: Please give each of them and their
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