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I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope....Put your hope in the Lord, for with Him is unfailing love and full redemption. God Himself will redeem us from all our... -
Christ’s reign (His kingly rule) will and must continue until every enemy has been conquered....And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose....
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The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23) By nature, some of us tend to focus on the hole instead of the doughnut. We...
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Echoing Scripture, Pastor Vance Havner said: I am a pilgrim and a stranger on the earth, but I am not an orphan. Our Lord Jesus makes discipleship hard and loses many prospective followers because He says: Follow me. Christ...
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A. W. Tozer said that there ought to be a beautiful paradox in Jesus’ followers. We ought to be joyful that the Lord has found us and blessed us. And at the same time we ought to continue pursuing...
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Joy and peace are rare in America. Politics have divided people into two camps: angry and angrier. Scripture says: “The wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.”1 The 24-hour news...
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I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. (Isaiah 44:22 ESV) Thank God, He provides fresh starts and new beginnings for Jesus’ followers. “Because of the...
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I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. (Isaiah 44:22 ESV) I don’t have Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled device, but I read that it has a surprising...
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In Matthew 28, Jesus had already been raised from the dead. But the women did not know that yet and came to His gravesite. The angel said, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for...
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Lord, thank you for responding to me. You’ve truly become my salvation! The stone the masons discarded as flawed is now the capstone! This is God’s work. We rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it! This is the very...
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Jesus said, “I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.” (Revelation 1:18) This builds on a previous post. You can read Christ...
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In Christ all the richest treasures of divine wisdom (insight into God's ways and purposes) are stored up and safely kept. Jesus is the key who opens all the riches of spiritual knowledge and enlightenment. (Colossians 2:3, my expanded...