Category: Christian encouragement
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Pupil of His eye
Deuteronomy 32:10-11, “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness, He encircled him as the pupil of His eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He spread his wings and caught them. He carried them on His pinions.” God finds us Read more
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He is calling
Mark 10:49-50, “And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here”, and they called to the blind man, saying to him “Take courage, arise! He is calling for you”. And casting aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.” Growing up we had a phone hanging on our kitchen wall. When it rang, we Read more
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Paid in Full
Colossians 2:13-14, “And when you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us and He has taken it out of the Read more
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Grace-driven
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift from God; not as a result of works that no one should boast.” What does it mean to be grace-driven? It is understanding the need to remove self from the equation. You see self wants Read more
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The Rock and the fruit
Matthew 7:20, 24-25 “So you will know them by their fruit.” “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the wind blew and burst against that house, and Read more
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Test yourselves
2 Corinthians 13:5 “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you – Unless you fail the test?” I am an Enrolled Agent. This is someone who is allowed to practice before the IRS to represent taxpayers. To Read more
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A Shelter
Isaiah 4:6 “And there will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.” I remember when I was twelve a tornado came through our little town of Wamego, KS. The sirens went off and my dad gathered us to go to the Read more
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Until we come
Deuteronomy 1:29-31 “Then I said to you, “Do not be shocked, nor fear them. The Lord your God who goes before you will Himself, fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as Read more
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In God we trust
Psalm 91:1-2 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God in whom I trust.” Psalm 56:3-4 “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee. In God, whose word I Read more