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God's Love

2008-01-31T19:50:27Z

God's love is the perfect love that "casts out fear" (from 1 John 4:18)

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Psalm 42:11

2008-01-30T19:40:55Z

You have plenty of reason to praise God for all that He will do. He is my help! He is my God!

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Matthew 11:7-19

2008-01-29T17:39:25Z

If you’ve ever been asked to say a few words at a memorial service, you know how difficult, yet important, it can be. Cyrus M. Copeland, compiler of two books of tributes to famous people, said: “A great eulogy is both art and architecture—a brid...

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James 1:1-8

2008-01-29T03:03:08Z

Once we understand various trials, we can begin to appreciate their significant value in our lives. "God chooses what we go thru; we choose how we go thru it". vs. 3 When the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. vs. 8 If you don't ask...

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Revelations 21:1-5

2008-01-29T02:59:28Z

God has pledged that one day He will wipe away the old and "make all things new" (Rev. 21:5).

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Psalm 37:1-11

2008-01-27T19:11:06Z

David encouraged us in Psalm 37 to delight in the Lord and not to envy others (vv.1-4). Although he was talking about envying people who get away with evil, we can apply it to other types of envy. Instead of comparing ourselves with others, we nee...

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Habakkuk 1:12-2:3

2008-01-22T16:34:37Z

Faith never gives up. View each delay as if it were "perfectly fine". Pray during delays rather than grow anxious, impatient, and annoyed. Delays are opportunities for God to build those imperishable but hard-to-acquire qualities of humility, pati...

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Greatly Valued

2008-01-20T15:15:30Z

2 Samuel 9 A British factory worker and his wife were excited when, after many years of marriage, they discovered they were going to have their first child. According to author Jill Briscoe, who told this story, the man eagerly told his fellow wor...

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Designed By God

2008-01-17T15:27:12Z

Romans 12:3-8 Bison are made in such a way that their natural inclination is to look down; the design of their necks makes it difficult for them to look up. In contrast, giraffes are designed in a way that makes looking up easy; the way their neck...

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God's Glory

2008-01-14T16:35:49Z

1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1 Paul tells us that as followers of Jesus we have been put on this earth to bring glory to God in everything we do. So what should that look like? God’s glory is the manifestation of all that He is in His unsurpassed, stunn...

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