“But Jacob replied, “You can see that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die. Please, go ahead of us. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the […]
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“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” Philippians 2:3-5 The nurse was a little irritated that Mom couldn’t get up
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“By this time, they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on, but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So, he went home with them. As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then
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“Pour into me the brightness of your daybreak! Pour into me your rays of revelation-truth! Let them comfort and gently lead me onto the shining path, showing the way into your burning presence, into your many sanctuaries of holiness. Then I will come closer to your very altar until I come before you, the God
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“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I
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““After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It’s not important who does the
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“Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.” Galatians 1:10 Living for applause can be exhausting! We all have it in us to be people pleasers to prove that we are great, that we are valued, or to
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“Mary responded, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true’.” Luke 1:38a NLT You want me to do what, Lord? The first time I heard the Lord call me away from my twenty-seven-year career to focus on ministry, I literally laughed. Surely, I heard him wrong. Surely, he didn’t
“Guard your hearts, above all else, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 When I went on my first Mission Trip, it was to Haiti in December of 2015. It was happenstance that it was in December. But the four years following that, I ventured to Haiti in December on purpose. Because when
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