Tag: #jesuslovesyou
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Joy in the Trial

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 One of my favorite things about the Book of James is that James didn’t mince…
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Who. Are. You?

I know my own and my own know me. John 10:14 When our routines are more than a bit off…When our priorities are being shifted by someone or something else…When our roles change with the passing of time… Like a bad rewrite of Through the Looking Glass, there are times in our lives when everything…
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3-12-23 Sunday Encouragement

Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles her performs for his people! He made a dry path through the red se, and his people across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. Psalm 66:5-6 Circumstances come into our lives that make it feel everything has gone sideways or upside down even.…
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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…
