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By Joan Oliphant Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2 NIV) If you are like me, there are times in your life when you wonder what your purpose is and how you fit into God’s plan. You may ask questions like “What difference am…
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Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. I Peter 5:8c-9 (ESV) Jesus defeated Satan by dying on the cross and rising from the dead. However,…
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Not Afraid of Bad News For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. Psalm 112:6-7 (ESV) One of…
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For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. Psalm 112:6-7 (ESV) One of the worst feelings is dreading…
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But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts crying, “Abba!…
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Now the boy SamueI was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. (Samuel 3:1 ESV) I invite you to read Samuel 3:1-18. It is clear in this passage that people had become so distracted in their…
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By Joan Oliphant “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they…
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And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples,…
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In his seminal work, Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton wrote: Joy, which was the small publicity of the pagan, is the gigantic secret of the Christian. … The tremendous figure which fills the Gospels towers in this respect, as in every other, above all the thinkers who ever thought themselves tall. … There was something…
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Thus says the Lord,your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the Lord your God,who teaches you to profit,who leads you in the way you should go.Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!Then your peace would have been like a river,and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;your offspring would have…