Tag: #jesuslovesme
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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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Words Matter: Troubled vs. Tempted
We have this treasure in clay jars so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 An English major through and through, I’m a lover of language and a firm believer in the importance of citing sources and supporting claims. It…
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Power to Save
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1-3 Every so often, in all of our lives, we experience a storm. Some are concentrated, short…
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A Joy that is Full!
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full. John 15:11 A few years ago, I bought my husband a pendant for his keyring that read: Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. I bought it because he…
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