For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 This is such a good verse! If I’m ever thinking bad thoughts towards someone, this verse reminds me of how God thinks of me. Despite…
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Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”Matthew 9:37 When my wife goes away for a women’s retreat or even just out for the evening with friends, it never surprises me how quickly a family can starve. Being the dad I am, I forget to feed myself,…
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Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 In the United States, politics has become quite contentious and will…
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The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the Lord.Proverbs 16:33 Have you ever thought about a person you haven’t seen in a while, maybe years, and then you see them at the store? And your first thought is, “What a coincidence!” Well, it may have seemed like a coincidence,…
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Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. John 11:5-6 Having heard about his friend, Lazarus, and the illness that was threatening to take his life, Jesus chose to stay “two more days in the…
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Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled. Hebrews 12:15 God’s grace is both sufficient and in abundant supply. Even at our worst, God can save each one of us. For daily need, there is daily grace;…
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Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2 Here in Romans 5, Paul tells us of all the things we have…
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But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”Mark 10:27 Earlier in Mark 10, we are told that a rich young ruler asked Jesus what it takes to inherit eternal life. The young man was ready and willing to do whatever…
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So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.Nehemiah 1:4 It broke Nehemiah’s heart to hear about God’s people and the city of Jerusalem in such trouble. The people were being afflicted and reproached by…
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Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: Hebrews 12:12-14 The last few chapters of Paul’s wonderful…
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