No Lone Islands
Ephesians 6:18-24 I have not always been very good about asking for help. I would think that for many of us raised in a Western culture, this may also be true. I recently saw an advertisement for a...
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Prayer Is the Answer!
James 5:13-20 Growing up, my brother and I liked to joke that the answer to any question the school nurse got was, “Here is a saltine cracker.” Does your tummy ache? Saltine. Did you get a paper cut?...
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Infused With Love
Jude 1:17-23 Several years ago, our family began a journey into becoming beekeepers. We knew very little when we bought our first “nuc” of bees (a nucleus colony, or small colony of bees). We soon...
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Servant For God
2 Samuel 7:18-24 David’s prayer is 2 Samuel 7 reaffirmed the sovereignty and the goodness of God. He re-contextualizes his position and the position of his family as oriented toward the Lord, instead...
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Showing Love In Turn
2 Samuel 7:25-29 Our relationship with God is just that – a relationship, which means there must be some aspect of reciprocity. God allows us to be in a position that offers hospitality, instead of us...
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Moving Mountains
Job 42:7-17 It can be difficult for us to remember the power of prayer. We hear about it all the time, but often we use prayer as an end to action. We say “I’ll pray about it.” We assume that prayer...
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Relinquish Our Pride
Luke 4:1-8 I think it is a great comfort to have a Savior who understands what it means to be human and to be tempted. Of course, Jesus is perfect, but He knows what hunger and thirst feel like. He...
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Harvest Of God’s Grace
Romans 1:8-15 When we are faithful servants of God, we are encouraging to other people in the world. By following God, we serve as witnesses of faithfulness and goodness. It is one of the many cycles...
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Love And Freedom
Romans 1:8-15 Serving a God of grace does not mean that we have the freedom to sin, left and right, without caring because we know it will be forgiven. In fact, that is not real freedom at all; it is...
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God Desires Everyone to Know Him
Psalm 19:7-14 In Psalm 19, the psalmist confirms God’s perfection, even in the decrees, laws, commands, and statutes given. These verses are wonderful because they offer another look into the heart of...
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Approach With Confidence
Psalm 30:1-6 In biblical times, it was a customary practice for Jews to dedicate new buildings to the Lord. Psalm 30 is a song for the dedication of the temple. David starts this song with adoration...
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Rejoice In His Mercy
Psalm 30:7-12 In the first half of Psalm 30, we see how David motivated the crowd by reminding them of three specific times God delivered him and then immediately encouraged everyone to praise the...
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God Always Hears Us
Genesis 21:14-21 Have you ever been guilty of questioning God or thinking God cannot hear you? As Abraham sent Hagar and their son Ishmael away, I imagine Hagar was questioning God. Even Abraham was...
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Never Too Late
Jonah 2:1-10 Near the end of the Old Testament is the book of Jonah. In addition to be a prophetic book, it is also a historical account of God’s mercy. When reading Jonah, it might be difficult to...
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Keep The Faith
2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Paul and his fellow apostles were diligent workers. They were selfless in the pursuit of preaching the Word and spreading the truth. However, there were many opposed to the...
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Ultimate Obedience
Hebrews 5:5-10 It is common for believers to go through difficulties and pray to God for deliverance. We may not often think of Jesus crying out to God, His Father, for deliverance, but that is...
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God Sustains Us
Psalm 3:1-8 Learning the history of Psalm 3 helps us to better understand and apply this passage to our own lives. Psalm 3 begins with Absalom, David’s son. Absalom was selfish. Instead of doing good,...
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Genuine Praise
Revelation 4:1-11 Picasso and Da Vinci have nothing on young artists. To the untrained eye, it might appear that the page of these young artists contains only colorful lines. The first response...
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Familiar Moments
Genesis 28:16-22 There’s a young lady across the table from me. She’s sipping a fancy, grown up (caffeinated) drink full of sliced strawberries, and untangling riddles via an app on her phone. She...
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Tangible Worship
Psalm 63:1-11 Psalm 63 is attributed to David, a man after God’s own heart, yet very much human. He was just like you and me—imperfect. Yet, he was able to pen the second verse and mean it with all...
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