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“Yet through his powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away his righteousness. His gift of love and favor now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin!” (Romans 3:24 TPT) Water is an interesting substance. We must have a certainContinue Reading

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If I had to choose a metaphor for this era of time in our world, I would use that of a storm. Life can feel like we are constantly being tossed about by all the bad news (and there is much!) on top of all the “regular” struggles of life.Continue Reading

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“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:17 NLT) Have you ever realized you or your kids had outgrownContinue Reading

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“Forget the former things;    do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing!    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness    and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV) Have you noticed that God seems to do New Things whenever he wantsContinue Reading

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  “I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.He freed me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4 NLT)     In the winter/spring of 2020 our world was turned upside down by the COVID-19 virus.   Leaving the politics of this aside – and there are many angles ofContinue Reading

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I’ve heard the illustration that life is like a tapestry or a quilt where the backside is a mess – threads everywhere, seemingly just a disorganized chaos. But when you turn it over you see the front side – the beautiful side – the side that tells the story orContinue Reading

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 “When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous  but terror to evildoers.”  (Proverbs 21:15) God of Justice, Today we pray for those in the legal profession who are entrusted with the system of justice in our nation.  We pray that they may be trustworthy, accurate in analysis, correct inContinue Reading

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“Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart,  who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.”  (Jeremiah 3:15 AMP) In September I read a blog entry by Mario Murillo, an evangelist and pastor in California, that started with these words written to pastors:Continue Reading

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He moves mountains without their knowing it     and overturns them in his anger. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,     miracles that cannot be counted.  (Job 9:5, 10 NIV) Have you been frustrated, worried, scared, or even angry at the state of the world right now?  Maybe it feels tooContinue Reading

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God, my God! Why would you abandon me now? Why do you remain distant,     refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day     and my desperate cries for your help in the night?     I can’t stop sobbing.     Where are you, my God? (Psalm 22:1-2 TPT) Alone. ThereContinue Reading