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Category Archives: Encouragement
Father’s Day
As I was growing up, I didn’t know that I was supposed to feel an emotional love of a father. I was young and full of me, myself, and I. I was busy with different things, doing magic tricks, slot … Continue reading
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Meditation, “Full of Trouble”
Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.Job 14:1-2 Job’s pains go on and … Continue reading
Weathering the Pandemic
One of the pieces of financial wisdom I’ve read again and again is that when you invest your money for retirement, you think long-term. You don’t yank the money out every time the stock market appears to be sinking and … Continue reading
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Renewing your Strength
But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isa. 40:31 How do you wait and renew … Continue reading
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Meditation, Psalm 8
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens. I don’t know how old David was when he wrote this. He lived long enough to know that … Continue reading
Open my eyes that I may see (Psalm 5)
Psalm 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. This word meditation is better translated as groaning. David is groaning in his praying. Something is weighing on him. Sometimes we can groan without being able to put … Continue reading
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Mary, did you know
Reflections on the Christmas story Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the … Continue reading
Every Spiritual Blessing
God has blessed His people with every spiritual blessing in Christ. To get a handle on how great this is, let’s briefly backtrack to the Old Testament laws and the Kingdom of God in the Sermon on the Mount. The … Continue reading
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The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). How can we understand this verse, these three aspects of Jesus? This passage takes place … Continue reading
Letter to my pen pals, July 2019
Grace and peace are multiplied to us through knowing Jesus (2 Peter 1:2-4). In some way, the more we know of him, the more his power is given. We may know ourselves and our weaknesses very well. We may be … Continue reading
