Category: Hope
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4-15-23 Saturday Encouragement
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (ESV) Beloved, I may not know the exact victory you need right now, but I know we’re all in a daily battle, with the enemy, with our flesh, with our pride, with our finances, with our fears…and…
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God Makes a Way Through – Not Out
Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, Isaiah 43:16 As you may know from other posts, I am an avid studio cyclist. I ride on average 30 minutes a day, five or six days a week. Sometimes on my rides, God hits me with a truth that I…
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Living Water
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 Research shows us…
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Who You Were Made to Be
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5 Sweet friends, one of my favorite reminders God gives us is that He has designed each one of us for a special purpose. Before our parents…
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Your Reasonable Service
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 For the past three years I’ve been the director of our church’s children’s choir. Our children’s Easter and Christmas programs are open to kiddos ages 4 through 12, which is a broad…
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Happy Easter Friends!
In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” Luke 24:5-6a Hallelujah! We serve a Risen Savior! I can only imagine the confusion and fear that Jesus’ friends and…
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The Last Supper: A Reflection
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2 Last evening I was one of the narrators for our church’s reenactment of the Last Supper. It was my…
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Holy Wednesday
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 “Hallelujah, thank You, JesusI was a prisoner, now I’m not, ohWith Your blood, You bought my freedomHallelujah for the cross And by Your stripes, I’m…
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Holy Tuesday
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 This day may you embrace the promise of abundant life that God so freely gives through…
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4-2-23 Sunday Encouragement
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!”“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Blessed is the king of Israel!” John 12:13 Happy Palm Sunday, Friends! For many, today marks the first day of Holy Week. A week of remembrance and celebration. A week of choir cantatas, church…
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