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Trust – Search – and Expect blessings

The challenge continually before you is to trust Me and search for My way through each day. Do not blindly follow your habitual route, or you will miss what I have prepared for you — Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young. … Continue reading

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Forgiveness is a gift

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” — Ephesians 4:32. When someone wrongs me, the last thing I want to do is to forgive him and move on. If you’re … Continue reading

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No weeds…yet

As I look at the tiny shoots from upcoming lettuce and spinach seeds, I rejoice. The light green tips appear tiny and innocent, soft and succulent. No weeds around them—only pure, virgin soil. Yet, it won’t be long and insistent … Continue reading

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Search my heart

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive [wicked] way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24).  This type of probing is similar … Continue reading

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Faithful is He

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22–23). Today is a brand-new day. A day of new beginnings, a new start, and … Continue reading

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Have you ever been alone with God?

“When He was alone the twelve . . . asked of Him . . .” Mark 4:10 His Solitude with Us. “When God gets us alone by affliction, heartbreak, or temptation, by disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted affection, by a broken … Continue reading

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