✨ Verse of the Day
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.”
— Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)
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4 reasons to always have thanksgiving
While at the store purchasing a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, a little boy said to his mother, “Thanksgiving should come after Christmas, then we would have more reasons to be thankful.” In the fast-paced, bad news culture in which we live, it is easy to overlook reasons to be thankful, yet there are reasons to…
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not yet home
Quick word of caution. This story may cause a tear to fall. An elderly man was in a hospital room and he was fading quickly. The nurses and doctors decided it was time to call the gentleman’s family, and they gathered around his bed. As he was lying there, holding his wife of 50 years…
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through the pain
“He looked around the carpentry shop. He stood for a moment in the refuge of the little room that housed so many sweet memories. He balanced the hammer in his hand. He ran his fingers across the sharp teeth of the saw. He stroked the smoothly worn wood of the sawhorse. He had come to…
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being content
A Content Life In a 2010 interview, Eunice Sandborn, age 114, said she had a happy life. She didn’t have any complaints. She believed complaining was a choice, and in her 114 years, there were times she had to choose not to complain. Eunice was content as she celebrated her birthday making her the oldest…
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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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