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You'll Get Through This

She had a tremble to her, the inner tremble you could feel with just a hand on her shoulder. I saw her in a grocery store. Had not seen her ...

Take Patience Too Far

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. — Genesis 50:20The story of Joseph in ...

I Am Safe in the Lord

They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. — Ezekiel 34:28bI give them eternal life and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out ...

Why Love Is Worth Breaking Your Heart

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. ~ C. S. Lewis“I’ve got more than sixty years ...

Intend to Honor God in Your Home

Lessons I learned at home have shaped my life. Many of those principles were not taught with words; they were lived out in the context of daily routines. Looking back, ...

Restoration

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed ...

Why Isn’t God Answering My Prayer?

In the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. — 1 Samuel 1:20Have you ever cried over something so much that you run out of ...

Mister Rogers: "Look for the Helpers"

Editor’s Note: What can we learn from Mister Fred Rogers about kindness, loving your neighbor, and learning to talk about our feelings during difficult times? Tom Hanks portrays the children’s ...

Peace in a Day of Trouble

Peace in a Day of TroubleMay the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! — Psalm ...

How Beauty Blooms: Going Through

I wonder if Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thought they’d end up in the furnace.Surely they didn’t think it unimaginable that King Nebuchadnezzar would toss them in the flames, but I ...

How to Recognize God Moments

God moments are real and are occurring all around us all of the time. They are happening whether we recognize them or not. In fact, I’m convinced we miss out ...

A Joyful Noise

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. — Psalm 95:1 NIVAre birds born knowing how to sing? Actually, ...

God, Use Me in This Storm

Prophets are supposed to be pious. This prophet was angry.Prophets are supposed to be reverent. This prophet confronted God.Prophets are supposed to feel God’s presence when no one else does. ...

Sadness: The Psalms as Prayers of Lament

Blessed are you who weep now. — Luke 6:21Unless those who proclaim the Gospel acknowledge honestly that darkness… they might as well save their breath for all the lasting difference ...

Jesus OBS Week 2 — Friend of Sinners

Today salvation has come to this house… for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. — Luke 19:9-10An ounce of obedience is all Jesus wants! ...

The Fragrance of Jesus

Have you noticed how a particular smell can bring instant memory recall of a particular place or a particular person from the past? It can be a powerful reminder of ...

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