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The clothing industries made a killing last month. People came out from under the rocks to wrap themselves in new Easter threads, shoes, and hats. Kids were ... calm and gentle spirit, a thing very precious in the eyes of God. (1 Peter 3:3–4 PHILLIPS)
I close with one final plea. Enjoy your ...
A hero of the faith who encourages me to draw near to God and pray is Scottish Pastor ... heard him preach and responded, “The Council all feel that God has closed your eyes only to open other eyes, which have made you one of ...
... frozen seas between Anchorage and Nome. This awful trek is the scene of the ultimate endurance test known as the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, ... the capacity to accept and the tenacity to endure.
I move that we toughen up. All in favour say, "Mush."
"We could never be ...
... arms. It would have been easy for them to lose hope when the fulfilment of the promise didn’t come about in the way or the timing they ... we need supernatural strength and divine wisdom to wait for God’s plan to unfold. Good things come to those who wait.
Second, we can ...
... really “blah” a lot, and my temper smoulders beneath the surface, just waiting to catch flame. And sometimes I have to force myself ... the wrong things I have done in my life. Then I wonder if God really loves me like He says He does.
Life is difficult for ...
... collapses. It is during these stormy times, during the dark days and nights of tragedy and calamity, that we begin to feel the ... when my loving, gracious, merciful, kind, good, sovereign God surprises me by saying yes to something I was convinced He would say no to. ...
Read Acts 23:11–24
Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready ... will cause you to focus on what might happen instead of what God has promised.
Not Paul. He understood something about the sovereignty ...
... alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the ...
Read 1 Corinthians 15:56–58
The Psalms are full of powerful lyrics that give us a clear portrait of the Lord God. Never is He portrayed as a mild-mannered, passive Deity, hoping and ... results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, ...
... Easter is about bunnies and eggs and chocolate. But the true Easter is about a lamb—the Lamb of God.
Most of us understand what it means to owe a financial debt. But what ...
... roots in Anglo-Saxon linguistic lore to merit a position in the ranks of Webster’s major reference work. So who cares about all that ... enjoying the trip.
Grandparents. What amazing gifts from God. Generation after generation He provides a fresh set of them...an ...
... three years when crisis struck. We were living in Nepal at the time, working for a Christian mission. Gene was overseeing a hospital ... week, praying non-stop that our daughter would live.
God heard that prayer and countless others that followed. We faced an unknown ...
... 30:20
“You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to ...
... speak with a measure of authority. You’ll gain stature in the group if you look down and frown a little as you affix the label to the ... in-between shades. If a person mentions the sovereignty of God too much, we affix the Calvinist label. If she’s convinced that ...
... I joined a worship band for a Sunday night church service. The service was fresh and exciting. It attracted many young people who didn’t ... Christians.
The solution? Allow grace to flow freely. God created us as unique individuals and we should be celebrating, not judging, ...
We battle the Devil. The Devil, also called Satan, was an elite angel who rebelled against God, seeking to steal His glory and usurp His authority. He became the commander-in-chief of a war against God so God cast him out of heaven with a minority of angels now known as ...
In first grade I received my very first letter. Seems the government mistakenly drafted me for the Vietnam War. Still it was nice to get a letter from someone.
When ...
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Elijah was in a tough spot. A life-threatening spot. The brook had dried up. Had God forgotten His faithful servant? Has God forgotten you? Has He left you all ...
... for her beliefs.”
These words actually fell from the lips of the Reverend Citro, a Roman Catholic priest, as he delivered Angela’s eulogy ...
... Darwin. Famous biologist, teacher, and author. Defender of the theory of evolution. Bold, convincing self-avowed humanist. Travelling ... that determine where you are going:
You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and ...
