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... service, for I am very pleased with him.”
And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and ...
... you counted your blessings lately? If not, allow me to prime the pump.
Start with broad categories, such as family members, close ... or sleep. That's right; I'm talking about the angels, God's special messengers.
What a busy year they have had! Think of all the ...
... humour. In my early teens laughter was easy. I'm 17 now and the joy is gone from my life. How do you live a life of joy?
PS Here's ... by looking for it. Joy comes from walking in obedience to God, making small decisions to choose the best when the worst shows up, and ...
... to Christ is an unbelievable experience I hope everyone has the chance to have.
When you work at a summer camp you feel like you have ... at camp the kids I met had a wide range of experience with God, Christianity, and church. Sometimes the stories I heard would break my ...
I was disturbed by a recent discussion about grace. The assertion was made that when unbelievers hear the phrase “evangelical ... We try to stand for truth and do what is right in God’s eyes. We don’t accept any and all behaviour as the world does so we ...
Sometimes I find myself wondering how God could possibly use someone like me. I don't have many skills, my looks are nothing special, and I'm definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed. There doesn't seem much point in trying to get ...
... that flashes like a bright neon sign.
We see it when the author of the book of Hebrews speaks of Abraham pulling up his lifelong ... assumed that was where we would live out our years. Wrong! God stepped in, loosened our 23-year-old roots, broadened our vision, and led ...
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One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously ... So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.
But the angel of the LORD ...
... even if they are relatively close “cousins,” like the United States and Canada. But in 1984, Chuck and Cynthia Swindoll took the ... over the past 35 years.
It all started, as many of God’s stories begin, with a small group of men and women who wanted to study ...
... was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. He requested letters ... the skies with the warning, “Watch out tomorrow, Saul, God’s gonna getcha.” God remained silent and restrained as Saul proceeded ...
Dear friend,
I saw a shirt the other day with the message, “I’m not arguing, I’m just explaining why ... with many other sinful bents, is part of our sinful nature. God sent Jesus, the Truth, to redeem us from our false ways and to enable us by ... about truth in our world, it is reassuring to know that God’s Word is Good News, not fake news. It speaks of Jesus who is the Truth ...
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Just a few Sundays ago, those words echoed through the SoulCare Room at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. I had just ... Prophet . Something miraculous happened as the Word of God went out across the sanctuary. It’s incredible every time it happens, ...
... and timeless. One particular line about halfway through the book jumped off the page: “A time to be careful is when one reaches his ... thoughts return to the man whose heart followed hard after God. Jesse’s youngest son preferred the rugged solitude of the ...
Dear friend,
What was the best invitation you ever received? Perhaps it was an invitation to attend a ... to the birth of Jesus Christ and the invitation from God through angels to meet Him as the baby in Bethlehem. “And you will ... financial gifts and faithful prayers, we are able to deliver God’s message inviting people to seek and meet Jesus. And with your ongoing ...
... and in debt are perhaps more accurate descriptions of the world 20-something’s are discovering. The shock is enough to send these ... 13:33).
Of the spies, only Caleb chose to rest in God’s assurance—that this was the land promised to the Israelites. Caleb ...
Read Job 9:1– 35
“God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial. ... a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment. ...
Lately, the Western world has zoomed in on the topic of same-sex marriage, leaving the issue of divorce virtually ignored. Yet, Christians and non-Christians ...
... Read 1 Samuel 18
Who would've ever guessed it? Out of the blue came this nobody. He had spent his youth working for his dad in the ... king. Now, silence.
Little did the lad know that God would lead him to more valleys—deeper than he could have dreamed ...
... getting introduced to someone. How are you going to remember the person’s name? Well, you’re already of the mind-set that this meeting and the person are very important. You remember ...
Read Esther 9:1– 10:3
Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes ... old position—“second only to King Ahasuerus.”
When God wins, the people He uses are often unexpected. Or consider another ...
