✨ Verse of the Day
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
— Matthew 11:28 (NLT)
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Pressure Cooker of Life
Life is a pressure cooker. Good cooks, which does not describe me, know a pressure cooker can be a useful tool. It can turn the toughest cut of meat into a tender dish. The heat and pressure help cook the dish perfectly. You need just the right amount of pressure though, or you end up…
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Salt & Light
Happy World Kindness Day! Jesus tells us to be salt and light. He says in Matthew 5, “You are the salt of the earth, but what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled under foot as worthless. You are the…
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A Deliverer Has Come
A deliverer has come. Isaiah had many bad things to say, but he had many hopeful points as well. He speaks of a coming deliverer. Isaiah 9:6-7 says, “For to us a child is born. To us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called Wonderful…
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Christ is Hope
A Better Day is Coming Isaiah had many horrible predictions, but he also had some glorious predictions to offer hope in a seemingly hopeless time. Isaiah 11 states out of hopelessness will come one baring hope. Isaiah 11 says, “He will delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by appearance, nor make a…
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Hope in Unsettling Times
Darkness doesn’t prevent the Lord. Isaiah is a prophet who brought some shocking news to God’s people. Israel was going to fall into the hands of Assyria; they would have difficult days ahead. The time would seem unsettling and dark, but God would not forget about his people. Today may be an unsettling time. COVID19…
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Hope Yestterday, Today, and the Future
There has always been hope. Hope is not a new idea to the Lord. From the first dark day on earth, the Lord knew his people would need hope, and he provided it. Adam and Eve did not follow the rules for living in the Garden, so they were kicked out. Hope was then needed,…
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Hope
The one and only constant hope. Hope is easy when we do not really need it, but when circumstances around us seem hopeless, we truly discover where our hope can be found. Friends who say call if you need anything may or may not mean it. Politicians may promise hope, but they are not able…
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The Whirlwind of Life
She experienced a whirlwind of emotions. She was a widow, with a son, in the middle of a famine. Provisions were almost expired; enough was left for one last meal. She was gathering the wood for the cooking fire when Elijah entered her life. Elijah asked the widow to bring him a drink of water…
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Looking to the Future
The future is coming. Well, the future is coming. It may be unsettling, but we can not stop it from coming. The good news for Christians, the future will be glorious. At the end, the Lord will be victorious. Isaiah had many unsettling things to say, but the Lord promised through Isaiah, a future of…
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Forever Hope
A loving and patient God continues to offer hope. A large city’s school system had a program to help students keep up with their homework while in the city’s hospitals. A teacher assigned to the program received a routine call to visit a student in the hospital. She obtained the child’s room number and name.…
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