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When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene. — Mark 16:9Strong, ongoing relationships positively influence our physical, mental, and emotional health. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modern Bible readers see Jesus as an extension of the Jewish Scriptures, our Old Testament. Jewish leaders in Jesus’ day didn’t see Him as an extension or fulfillment of anything… ...

With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when He ...

Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. — Psalm 119:105The Old Testament was written in ancient Hebrew. The New Testament was written in ...

“Not My Will, but Yours” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me; yet not My ...

When you can’t sleep, don’t count sheep — read Scripture. Distinguish between God’s voice and the voice of fear.Worry takes a look at catastrophes and groans, “It’s all coming unraveled.”God ...

“If putting Jesus first uncomplicates our life, why do we struggle to do it?”, the podcast interviewer asked me the other day, what has become a familiar question.It does seem ...

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 ...

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, ...

Coming to His hometown, He began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. — Matthew 13:54The Hope Diamond of the Bible — “For God so loved the ...

O Lord, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out ...

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 ...

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 ...