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Winter has finally come to our neck of the woods. Like a toddler just learning to walk, it edged nearer in fits and starts, its presence laying bare the world around me. Trees, once verdant and lush, have been divested of their august raiment. Their branches, like gnarled fingers, stretch upward as though grasping for …
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I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Psalm 63:6 (NLT) Sleeplessness was familiar territory to David. Instead of a soft bed in the palace, he lay on the hard, desert ground. Yet his thoughts were not focused on what should have rightfully been his but on the goodness of God. …
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 ESV …
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life . . . But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” …
Stay there until I tell you.” (Matthew 2:13) I’ll stay where You’ve put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the “rank and file,” Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep step to the music loud, To cheer when …
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 ESV There is a special place in God’s heart for those who mourn. In the midst of our pain, there is a blessing: a comforter who understands the pain of loss and tenderly enters our anguish with us, offering hope and comfort in …
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The …
Comfort Zones The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. Jonah 1:1-3 (NLT) Jonah …
So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening? Exodus 18:14 Moses was doing it all: leading the people, interceding for them, and resolving …
“And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you . . . if you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to …