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1-2 “Comfort, oh comfort my people,” says your God. (Isa. 40 MSG) “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have given me comfort and have spoken kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls.” (RuthContinue Reading

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“Stay alert, be in prayer, so you don’t enter the danger zone without even knowing it. Don’t be naive. Part of you is eager, ready for anything in God; but another part is as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire.” (Mark 14 MSG) God, we want toContinue Reading

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I’m waitingI’m waiting on You, LordAnd I am hopefulI’m waiting on You, LordThough it is painfulBut patiently, I will wait I will move ahead, bold and confidentTaking every step in obedienceWhile I’m waitingI will serve YouWhile I’m waitingI will worshipWhile I’m waitingI will not faintI’ll be running the raceEven whileContinue Reading

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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Gen. 6:8 NIV) Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned…the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and grantedContinue Reading

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1 Thessalonians 2:11-13 (NIV) 11For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,12encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. 13And we also thank God continually because, when you receivedContinue Reading

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A friend send me this as her Christmas greeting today. I think it’s really good – so appropriate for where we are. I share it and pray, too, for a new, real, Holy Spirit-led unity, mercy, and grace to fall upon us. Something happened this year, I am not sureContinue Reading

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1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. 3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. MyContinue Reading

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Tonight I know two families who are waiting for loved ones to die. Both have been ill a long time, so being released from the physical problems of this world will be a blessing. Both have spouses that will grieve deeply. Both are believers. But Christmas is a strange timeContinue Reading

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Change. Transition. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” “God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” “It’s all the same, only the names are changed.” “When you go through the storms I am with you…you are mine.” “Not everyone likes the new things.” At this timeContinue Reading