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Today I want to share with you a story that I wrote a few years ago. In it, I tried to imagine what it would have been like to be one of the shepherds that visited Jesus the first Christmas night. For just a moment, I want you to pretend that you are reading a letter that one of the shepherds wrote to his brother, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” (Psalm 139:13, 14 NIV).
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Myra was a woman battered and scarred from severe arthritis. Her legs were held captive in a wheelchair, but her soul was forever free. With one pencil in each crippled hand, Read more…
Today’s Truth
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
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The speaker came out onto the stage. He pulled out a one-hundred dollar bill.
“Who would like this one-hundred dollar bill?” Read more…
Today’s Truth
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) “Give thanks in all circumstances.”
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Yesterday, we looked at how the grumbling Israelites were not allowed to enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief and grumbling attitude. Now, let’s take a look at what happened with the next generation.
The next generation learned from their parents’ Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV).
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Grumbling is as old as Methuselah. Actually, it goes way back before him. After Satan enticed Eve to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit, there was a whole lot of grumbling going on.
“The wife You gave me made me do it,” Read more…
Today’s Truth
Mark 5:32 (NIV) “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
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If you have ever felt worthless, this woman knows how you feel. For twelve years she suffered from bleeding, and no one could find a cure. The more money she spent on treatment, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you” (1 Corinthians 3:16).
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I’m not _____________ enough. You can fill that blank in with smart, talented, gifted, spiritual, or any number of positive attributes. But the root source of each one of those lies is “I’m not good enough.” Read more…
Today’s Truth
Paul wrote: “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me–put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:9 NIV).
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It was hot. The traffic was heavy. I was young and distracted.
I was driving alone in the flow of traffic traveling to and from the North Carolina coast. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).
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Anabel Gillham was a woman who loved God, but had trouble accepting that God could love her. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” (Hebrews 12:15 NIV).
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“She’s just a bitter old woman!” Have you ever heard someone described in that way? I have. And amazingly, when someone uses the word “bitter,” Read more…
