Tag: encouragement
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Beautiful Words of Counsel
“Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors” (Psalm 119:24). My small, simple soul was cranky. Maybe feeling a little sorry for itself. Unpleasant news and life events had way-laid my laid-back summer. Words were spoken that made me feel defeated. And I let my feelings speak into my days and found myself…
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I Can’t. Jesus Can.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me” (Philippians 4:13). There is a much quoted verse in the Bible. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me” (Philippians 4:13). But this is not a holy pep talk, a proclamation of self-sufficiency, or the guarantee of dreams become reality. No—it is a…
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How Much He Love Me
Ephesians 3:17b-19a: “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how WIDE and LONG and HIGH and DEEP is the love of Christ, and to know this love that SURPASSES KNOWLEDGE.” (emphasis added) Can you feel it, friend?! Just how…
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Light Has a Name
John 1:5 Inspired Are you walking in darkness, my friend, unable to see where to place your feet let alone what might lie ahead? A Light shine in the darkness. Is your vision dimmed and blurred by tears making it impossible to find your way? A Light shine in the darkness. Do worry and heartache…
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What is Your Field?
“She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard” (Proverbs 31:16). Recently I was reading Proverbs 31, and this verse caught my attention. “She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard” (Proverbs 31:16). For the first time, I…
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Courage in Prayer
“Or which of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good…
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Let Me Pray for You
I’ll start: Sometimes, I feel too socially awkward to be used by God. And yes, I’m going to pray for myself, too! Father, we come to you today baring our fears and insecurities. I confess sometimes I feel “less than” socially. Help me remember that it’s not about me, it’s about You. 2 Timothy 1:7…
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Psalm 150 Inspired
Psalm 150 inspired My Father, my gracious God, my King— I praise You as You rule in Heaven, preparing a place for us in your glory. I praise You for Your mighty works— the way You stretched out the galaxies, formed sand and sea, and etched Your fingerprints into all of creation. I praise You…
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I am NOT enough.
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast al the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) Friend, please hear the love and concern in my voice when I say: I…
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Shifting our Focus from Failure to Forgiveness
“ … as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him” (Psalm 103:12-13). Sometimes I let my failures define me. The words I wish I hadn’t said, the…