Category: Moments
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A Life of Increase
Hey friend, let’s talk! Has this been a year of increase? I’m not talking about waist expansion or growing fears, although that may be true of you. Have your sorrow’s increased as your liberties have diminished? Do troubles abound and insecurities overwhelm? There is information overloaded each day or information seemingly overlooked. Stop! Just stop! I…
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Wake Up! Get Ready!
I remember hearing my own father wake me with that familiar and oh so loving call, “rise and shine”. He would call, throwing back the covers or tenderly kissing my cheek. “It’s time to get up! Put on your clothes, get ready”! Consider this call to wake up from Romans 13:11-14. “And do this, knowing…
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What Devotion?
What are you devoted to? I have been considering the act of devotion for some weeks now and was intrigued today with these verses. “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. I urge you, brethren – you know the household of Stephanas, that…
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Faith, Love and Hope
I found myself pondering these three words today; faith, love and hope. The apostle Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians told them how thankful he was in his prayers for them. Why? Because he remembered three very specific things about them that stood out, worthy of making note. “remembering without ceasing your work of…
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To Bless or Be Blessed!
We often ask God to bless us, don’t we? But the Psalmist knew that to bless the Lord was a more rich and fulfilling experience! “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who…
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Feeling weak and impaired?
“And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” …and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.” Mark 3:3, 5 ESV Sometimes we are hampered by the inability to do what we want, or what we feel we need to do. It’s…