My husband and I have spent a week working to get a huge dead limb out of the top of our tree. It’s been hanging around for a while and has been an eyesore to us, but today, when we finally got it down, the rest of the tree seemed to cry out in praise. […]
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 This is a comforting promise that Jesus gives and a
Excuses are so easy to justify. Just one more bite. Just one more hour of sleep. Just one more little lie. Just one more time to gossip. Just one more (insert behavior here). And some behaviors have little consequences, but some have big! Some only affect us and our well-being, but many affect others as well.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 Friendships are so important to our well-being! Not only for our physical and emotional benefit, but also for our spiritual health. Yet, so often,
“What a friend we have in Jesus!” We all have our besties don’t we? The ones we count on to share our good times and our bad times with. The ones we travel with and share our holidays with. The shoulder to cry on; the hand to high five. But even our bestie isn’t with
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“Could you not keep watch with me for just one hour”, says Jesus to his disciples in Matthew 26:40. This morning I woke up around 4:00am, distressed and fearful for what’s to come in our world, our country, our lives. I felt a strong desire to pray…but whined to God….it’s early. I’m tired. I want
I’ve always been shy of asking God for miracles. I’m not really sure why, but I think it’s my doubt that if they don’t happen, then I’d see my faith as weak. Or maybe I’d doubt God and see Him as weak. Maybe I just don’t have enough faith that He is able to fill
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“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever, he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great his love for
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“But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” I John 4:4 Jesus warns us in John 10:10 that “the thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy”. Then He assures us that
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