The Lord answered him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will strike down the Midianites as [if they were only] one man. Judges 6:16, AMP As I looked over the test results, I noticed the woman leading our spiritual gifts assessment glancing over the shoulders of those in the row before me. I […]
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Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God], employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for] good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to Christian by God’s unmerited favor]. 1 Peter 4:10 AMP
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For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time. It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail. Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it, because it will certainly come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3 I recently spoke with a friend whose child had just become engaged. As we chatted,
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For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9, AMPC Sometimes I wish Scripture read differently. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if Jesus had said, “In this world, once you become My follower,
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 A few weeks
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1, ESV Walking by my husband on a mission to another room before I forgot why I was heading there, he stopped me to show me a video on his phone of a fire that had happened that day
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And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21 Comfort vs. Calling: When God Stretches Your Personality When I stopped working the other day, I left all the documents open on
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To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1, AMPC Life has a way of shifting just when we think we’ve finally settled into a rhythm. One season flows smoothly, and the next arrives with unexpected changes that stretch our comfort and our faith. Learning how to honor
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And He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this will be a sign to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, all of you shall serve God on this mountain.” Exodus 3:12, MEV Have you ever felt God stirring something in your heart—an idea,
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Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. John 15:4, NKJV “Are we there yet?” Those four little words are among the most dreaded any parent ever hears in a compact space. While kids
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