[I have] plans to give you hope and a future. —Jeremiah 29:11 While waiting to get my flu and COVID shots, I got to thinking about how thankful I am for those who have developed vaccines that have stopped numerous diseases […]
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As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him. —2 Corinthians 3:18 You slipped up. Said something you shouldn’t have said. Did something you shouldn’t have done. Thought something you shouldn’t have thought. You’re discouraged, ashamed. Why did I say
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[Jesus] loved me and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 “Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Commenting on
Dr. Fred Alexander, my college roommate and lifelong friend, chose a career in higher education. It was a close call, because early on he felt the tug of a different calling. As a young Navy Reservist, Fred blew the top off of pilot aptitude tests. The U.S. Navy pulled out all the stops to convince
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Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up. —Acts 3:7 One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple, where they encountered a cripple who asked them for money. Peter told him, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. —Mark 4:7 Jesus told a story about a farmer scattering seed in his field. Same seed. Different soil. Different results. He said the seed is the word, and the soils
Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set. —Proverbs 22:28 I’m looking at a portrait of my father. In many ways, my world is very different from his. Fashions and fads have changed. Ways of communication have changed. But I’m thinking of the problems and poverty he
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Of all that you give me I will give you a tenth. —Genesis 28:22 Jacob had cheated his brother and deceived his father, so he was hightailing it out of town. Bedded down for the night at his campsite, he had a dream, and God was in it. So Jacob made a vow:
Deliver us from evil. —Matthew 6:13 Frances Comer, wife of preacher/author John Comer, had a habit of jotting notes in her Bible—words from prayers or sermons that inspired her gentle heart. Thumbing through her Bible one day, she called out to John, “Listen to what Henry Lowe prayed in October 1999: ‘Lord, help us
Your will be done. —Matthew 6:10 “Your will be done” is one of the most difficult prayers to pray. More often than not, we pray for our will to be done. That is, we pray for what we want, and ask God to make it happen. It’s not easy to want God’s will to
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