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His Valentine

His Valentine

“I have loved you with an everlasting love…”  Jeremiah 31:3 Tripping through life, tossed and torn here and there, we manage to lose it, to leak it.  Where’d it go?  Where’s joy? Instead of bubbling out, it fizzles flat, leaving us without a wave or a pat.  We’re dry, needing a tune up in order to bloom up. Maybe we need to wake up, inhale the rush of salvation.  Christ’s...

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Put on your Dancing Shoes

Put on your Dancing Shoes

The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand. Psalms 37:23,24 About that disappointment you’re feeling…  God’s working behind the scenes to make it a God-appointment.  That’s Sovereignty.  There are no missteps, only His steps; no detours, only God-tours. Rejoice in...

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God’s A Planner

God’s A Planner

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”  Jeremiah 29:11 Satan is our disaster-planner, but he’s not the writer of our future.  God is.  Best of all, God is into the details, right down to our cellular level. Consider the word disaster.  An “aster” is a star-shaped structure that forms...

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Dear God, Why Can’t I Have a Baby?

Dear God, Why Can’t I Have a Baby?

  One in six couples suffer with infertility, feeling ostracized and alone. “Too make matters worse,” says Janet Thompson, “few churches offer support groups to counsel this large overlooked group.” After surgery for a ruptured ovarian cyst at age twenty-one and newly engaged, the doctor told Janet that her ovaries were cystic and looked like those of a 90-year-old woman. ...

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In My Distress

In My Distress

“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.  From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.”  Jonah 2:2 Jesus Whispers: Your troubles and concerns are safe in My ears.  I may not always answer the way you expect, but I will answer.  When people hurt you, you don’t need to carry the burden of judge and jury.  I know everybody’s...

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A Word to the Dying

A Word to the Dying

Cindy Finch Suffering from roller-coaster emotions? I wish I could tell you some sweet little words that would make it better.  But I can’t.  You are on a long, hard journey.  But you are not alone. When you’re reduced to nothing but grit… and even that is diminishing, God promises to hold you in His tender care and stand tough on your behalf.  Watch His light shine brightest in...

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