“Give thanks in all circumstances,” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV).
Paul wrote the Thessalonians, “Give thanks in all circumstances,” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). We read that verse and think it rather nice. So we slap a sloppy coat of thanksgiving on life and go about our day. In reality, most of us are thankful for very little.
Notice the Bible doesn’t command us to feel thankful in all circumstances. Read more…
His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts,
(Isaiah 55:9 NIV).
Steve and I got married when we were both still in college. He was entering his fourth year of dental school, and I was just a few hours shy of completing my degree. The last year of school held many important decisions for us, Read more…
Today’s Truth
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers (Luke 22:31-32 NIV emphasis added).
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I’m so glad Jesus picked Peter to be one of His disciples. Read more…
Today’s Truth
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV).
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God always has important kingdom work for us to do. Paul tells us: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). Read more…
“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” (
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Have you ever had a set of circumstances in your life that were so unexpected and so convoluted that you knew there was no other way it could have happened except by divine appointment? Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Matthew 15:22 NIV)
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Belva held her twitching daughter in her arms. With eyes rolled back and thrashing limbs, the child convulsed on the earthen floor.
“Oh Mara,” the distraught mother cried. “When will this ever end?”
For years little Mara had violently convulsed in predictable synchronized intervals.The child often cried out in loud screeching voices, Read more…
Today’s Truth
”For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1 NASB).
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It was supposed to be a sailing adventure for Loran and his youth group at Central Church. His friend procured three sailing vessels that resembled the Niña,Pinta and the Santa Maria. Read more…
Key Verse
Since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse (Romans 1:20 TNIV).
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I believe one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century was the Post-It Note. First there was yellow. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny” (Mark 12:41-42, NIV).
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Beatrice woke as the morning sun peeked through the closed shutters of her sparse bedroom. Every joint in her tired old body creaked like a grinding wheel in dire need of good oiling. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Woman, you are released (set free) from your infirmity! (Luke 13:12 Amplified, note added).
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I was riding down the crowded streets of Mexico City in a cab when I saw her. She measured about four feet high, backed curved, bent at the waist at a ninety-degree angle, and fingers gnarled and twisted shut. Read more…