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First Flight
Editor’s note: It’s time to start seeing all of God’s blessings for what they really are — gifts. There are truly too many to count when you step back to ...
Full Bodied Grace
“Do you understand what I have done for you?” He asked them… “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.” ...
The Opportunity for Great Joy
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. — James 1:2“What in the world were you thinking? How many times have we ...
Unashamed Brokenness
Unashamed BrokennessSo do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me His prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of ...
Thanking God for Yadah Abundance
It is a good thing to give thanks [yadah] unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High. — Psalm 92:1 KJV“Whatever.”The Wednesday morning before folks ...
Risky Living {Ann Voskamp}
Risky LivingBut He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness. — 2 Corinthians 12:9When my dad called this morning, he ...
Be the Gift: Cruciform and Blessed
CruciformWhen we walk in the back door from Sunday service, from the breaking of bread and thick intimacy of exchange, there’s this black pen lying on the table.I pick up ...
Comforting Grace
Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts His people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. — Isaiah 49:13I ...
The Love in Givenness
The Love in GivennessThe happiness of givenness is a balm that works its healing even days and weeks later, and givenness does not define or prove our value but lets ...
Amaryllis Grace: Joy is Worth the Wait
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Sit & Listen Saturdays at Devotionals Daily! Enjoy reading as well as listening to this message today from One Thousand Gifts Devotional by Ann Voskamp, read ...
From Broken to Free... A Story (and an Introduction)
Editor’s Note: Hey there, OBS Friends! We just came through The Broken Way study together and our team loved it so much that we don’t want it to be over! ...
The Miracle in Your Pocket That Breaks Stress
You are to pay special attention to those who by accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. ~ Saint AugustineA day is a ...
Being the Gift the World Needs
Cruciform self-giving is the distinctive dimension of holiness. — Michael GormanI’d been dangerously anemic for weeks, feeling like I was a wet sheet of paper and the story was falling ...
A Return to Glory and Grace: God's Wild, Secretive Plan
From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story.Satan, he wanted more. More power, more glory. Ultimately, in his essence, Satan is an ingrate. And he sinks his ...
Thinking Grace
Through Jesus, therefore,let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that openly profess His name. — Hebrews 13:15When the rope pulls tight, Levi ...
Humble Grace: Humility Comes Before Happiness
God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. — Matthew 5:5 NLTI’m standing in a mudroom, sorting children’s dribbled shirts, grass-stained jeans. I live in ...
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Free Bible Study through the Gospel of John with Megan Fate Marshman!
What if Jesus' words-I Am-are exactly the answers your heart is craving?
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