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Grace Over Grudges
How do we rise above and respond when someone offends us? Overlooking offenses is one of the most perplexing challenges we wrestle with in this imperfect world. My family has wrestled with the deeply ingrained notion of “forgiving but not…
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Broken But Not Defeated
“The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.” Psalm 51:17 NLT When we hear the word’ brokenness,’ we immediately picture something that can’t be fixed: a wimp, someone…
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The Study of Ephesians- Day 4:Saved by Grace
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift- not from works so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV When people look at us, what do they see? In…
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God, The Master Weaver
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.” (Genesis 50:20 ESV) I occasionally run across people who I’ve known…
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From Death To Life
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even though they die. And whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” (John 11:25-26 NIV) John chapter 11 portrays Jesus as having power…
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One With US
“All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The Virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’) Isaiah 7:14 NLT God…
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When God Unexpectanly Shows Up
I remember going to school in the fall of 1992 to take a midterm exam. The night before my husband and I had a heated argument the previous evening. I don’t remember what the fight was about, but I do…
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A Lamp for Living an Obedient Life Through Grace
What are you seeking today? Are you seeking God first? Or are you so preoccupied with living your daily life and trying to accomplish your goals? Following the death of his father, King David, God appeared to King Solomon in…
