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Joined to Christ
Every substance, thing or person is separate from the parts which make each substance, thing or person what it is and who they are. At the ...
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A Diminished Recognition and Neglected Reality As the Words Become Common
“Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” (Matthew 6:9, KJV) The prayer is short but profound. It is well-known and spoken rep...
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There is something about grace ...
Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.
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A Prayer
“My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have...
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Honor
Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is givi...
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What We Are
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1 NIV). D...
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The warm Place
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (Ja...
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What would it be like ... if we were truly like God?
In many countries, little children wander the dirty streets picking through the rubbish thrown in corners of buildings and doorways, ever lo...
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The Compassion of Jesus
It is not an easy thing to find someone who cares about you as a person and acts in your interest because of their concern. It is inherent a...
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Hope in all hoplelessness!
Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entran...
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The Only Secure Place for our Trust
“It is better to trust in the Lord, Than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, Than to put confidence in princes” (Ps...
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Ironic Blessings
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they say all kinds o...
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At the speaking of our name …
But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sh...
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The One Who Knows
Circle of God the Father, Pierre Mignard, NGO Image, National Gallery of Art, Public Domain Ask, and you will be given what you ask for. See...
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The Incomprehensible Removal
He is merciful and tender toward those who don’t deserve it; he is slow to get angry and full of kindness and love. He never bears a grudge,...
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Life is found in the releasing!
Have you released your life to your
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The Incarnation (God’s gift to the world)
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was J...
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Encouraged
“So encourage each other and build each other up …” (1 Thessalonians 5:11, ESV). They were young, so very young … when last they saw this la...
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A Branch on the Vine
Living as a branch on the vine ...
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Beware of any intent to hurt and harm!
Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, "Anger" National Gallery of Art, Public Domain – NGA Image “You have heard the l...
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In all things …
“You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the ...
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Seeing hope and beauty in a difficult place ...
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up th...
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A faithful servant of God …
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?...
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God loves …
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 1:31, NIV). ...
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Living and dying ...
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done ...
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We need more than a cool drink of water ...
“As the deer pants for water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. Where can I find him to come and stand before him...
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Making a U-Turn
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!” ...