Tag: #allmyhopeisinJesus
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3-11-23 Saturday Encouragement
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 Just as the tulip must winter underground, we too have seasons of waiting and rest. Just as the tulip must endeavor to break through the dirt into the light,…
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To Be Content
For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. Philippians 4:11 Arrested at least three times. Imprisoned also. Shipwrecked twice. Stoned by an angry crowd to the point that they thought he was dead and drug his body outside the city walls to rot. Lashed 39 times in 5 different sessions, always…
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Throwback Thursday: 3-9-23
Clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Colossians 3:12-13 Almost 3 years have passed since I wrote the reflection below and dear friends, all I can say is God is good. All. The. Time. The truths below are still very…
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The Comparison Trap
“Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!…The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”…
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God Does Not Hide
God is not human, that he should lie,not a human being, that he should change his mind.Does he speak and then not act?Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 Sweet friends, don’t you just love how God defines Himself for us in His Word? How He constantly reaches out to us through His Word and His…
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A New Name
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 I wore the cuff pictured above every day from August of 2019 to June of 2022. Over the summer of 2022, I noticed…
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3-5-23 Sunday Encouragement
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 Brothers and Sisters, God promises His children so many wonderous things, so I have to wonder, why aren’t more of us living more…
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3-4-23 Saturday Encouragement
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. Psalm 23:2-3a Sweet friends, I’m an early to rise, early to bed kind of gal. I rarely sleep in, even on Saturdays and I rarely cat-nap. I’m a go, go, go, kind of gal 7 days a…
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Strength is for Service
Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking…
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Throwback Thursday: 3-2-23
I get it. Sometimes knowing how to pray is hard. Our words don’t feel eloquent enough. Our thoughts feel too jumbled. Some days we’re so emotional, so overwhelmed by the weight of life, that we do well to form words at all. Because He knows us and He wants us to grow, God gives us…
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