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Real Friendship “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 NASB “A real friend walks in when the rest of theContinue reading “Who You Gonna Call?”

A trust journey. “How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?” 1 Corinthians 7:16 “Control and manipulation are not love; the outcome is a life of imprisonment ultimately leading to deep-rooted feelings of resentment.” Ken Poirot I met my husbandContinue reading “Hands Off?”

In Honor of our Veterans and Their Families “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love.” Ephesians 1:4 NIV “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” Epicurus Sometimes I meditate on Ephesians 1:4 imagining me as aContinue reading “Put Me In, Coach!”

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? Luke 14:28 NIV “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” Josh Billings IfContinue reading “If I Say Yes, What Am I Saying No To?”

“I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.” Psalm 116:17 NLT “Give thanks in everything, for this is the will of God toward you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 Berean Bible “If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, it will beContinue reading “Sacrifice of Thanksgiving”

“And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.” Galatians 6:9 NASB “The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become — because he made us. He invented all the different people that you and I wereContinue reading “Quick! Fix Me!”

“Since you are precious in My sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.” Isaiah 43:4 NASB “Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”Continue reading “You are Precious”

Hoarding Wounds From the Past “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:20 NIV “Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else’s. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else’s blessingsContinue reading “Hoarding”

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me” Revelation 3:20 NIV “God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” – Tony Evans AContinue reading “A Personal God”

“Stop striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NASB “Belief in God and trusting God—the difference is enormous!” The Christian life is difficult. The non-Christian life is difficult. For the Christian, suffering is only for a time-a moment comparedContinue reading “Try Hard (Don’t Make it)”