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Jesus’s Presence: Joy in Letting Him Have Control
I found this in my Facebook memories, I wrote this 3 years ago today. It is very timely for our present circumstances.Word, Worship, and Prayer 4What joy for those you choose to bring near, those who live in your holy courts. What festivities await us inside your holy Temple. 5You faithfully answer our prayers with…
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Jesus’ Presence: Stay Rooted, Drink Deeply
God Will Make a Way – Don Moen https://youtu.be/1zo3fJYtS-o (Read aloud, with Thanksgiving) The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.2Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,4their voice has gone out into…
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Jesus’ Presence: I Don’t Have to Imagine it All
When I was reading a devotional on the verses above, it asked me to reflect on what it would be like to be face to face with Jesus, how I would feel, what I would say, and what impact that has on my view of today’s challenges and priorities. As I thought about it I…
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God is Greater than Our Fears
There have been times in my past that I let fear hurt me and others in my life. I never want to let fear control me like that again! In Jesus I have found freedom from fear! Faith is the direct opposite of fear. We cannot have both. As you may have read in other…
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Passionately Seeking the Lord
I found this R.C. Ryle quote (below), and it really touched me. I’m sure it will touch you as it did me, and I have a lot more to say after you read it. “If you desire salvation, and want to know what to do, I advise you to go this very day to the…
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The Depth of God’s Love
The Word for Today – Thurday, Jan. 23 In one of my devotions for today, I read a portion of Jesus’ prayer from John 17 (see image for a portion of that passage). The first two reflection questions asked were:“How much does God the Father love you? What does that truth mean to you?”As I…
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Ways of Practicing Silence
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”Psalm 46:10 ESV Be Still and Know That He is God- Steven Curtis Chapmanhttps://youtu.be/BgaHaioAjyg The “be still” in this Psalm in the Hebrew is raphah (raw-faw’) meaning: sink, relax. Doesn’t that just give you…
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Looking Forward
2019 was a challenging year. It was a year of reaching some goals. Here are a few: Published my first book. Reached the first of many weight loss goals. Finally found a new church fellowship. Made a long distance road trip by myself. Posting more consistently on my blog. I did not reach my goal…
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Rejoice in Hope
Christmas Day And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for…
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Christmas is Coming
4th Sunday of Advent 1In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2This was the first registration whena Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3And all went to be registered, each to his own town. Luke 2:1-3 ESV Make Room – Casting Crowns featuring Matt Maher Christmas…
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