Mornings with Jesus

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And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.” Revelation 21:6 (ESV) ONE OF OUR MINISTRY COUPLES lives in a Romanian village

JOY Magazine

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In our missionary travels around the world, it is easy to see the desperation and hopelessness of people and sometimes wonder where God is in all of this. Each time we face situations like these, God reveals Himself through His people. In each and ev

60 Days of Prayer

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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ROMANS 15:13 (NIV) DO YOU BELIEVE God has blessed you abundantly? What do those words mean to you? Your answ

60 Days of Prayer

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God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glories in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:19 (NIV) AT THIS TIME of year, the cost of travel, gifts and entertaining can leave you worrying about your finances. If you feel a pinch in your poc

Mornings with Jesus

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A RECENT PROJECT AT OUR house has tested our mettle as a couple, as I’ve heard is true for most remodeling projects. I now straighten crooked pictures in the dentist’s waiting room and notice if a floor is an inch lower on one side of the room than t

JOY Magazine

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Most of us don’t know our purpose on this earth. In fact, there is something worse than death – it is the tragedy of a life lived without purpose. Nothing is more painful than to be alive, without knowing why you are here and what good you are. Witho

JOY Magazine

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I love cooking. It is one of my absolute favourite things to do. I am Greek, so flavour is an important aspect aspect of the meals that I cook. I always add in extra spices and salt to enhance the deliciousness of of whatever whatever I am cooking. S

Sunday Independent

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1. Joseph: King of Dreams 2. God Bless the Broken Road 3. The Gospel of John 4. Faith, Hope, & Love 5. Come Sunday ■

Mornings with Jesus

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EIGHT MONTHS AGO, OUR FAMILY of five moved from a four-bedroom, two-bath rental home to a nine-hundred-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath rental home. It squeezed us in more ways than one. We lost a bathroom in the process, and bathrooms are importan

60 Days of Prayer

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Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. COLOSSIANS 3:1-2 (NIV) DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE said, “The pers

60 Days of Prayer

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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. EPHESIANS 6:12 (NIV) IF YOU ARE experiencing a s

60 Days of Prayer

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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. ACTS 4:31 (NIV) IF YOU FEEL overwhelmed by the problems that others face— in your own family, your neigh

60 Days of Prayer

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ROMANS 8:18 (ESV) SCRIPTURE TELLS US that we are to glory in our sufferings. Because of faith, we can see the blessing in ev

60 Days of Prayer

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“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” JOHN 16:33 (NLT) JESUS TOLD US that problems and difficulties are part of life. The

Mornings with Jesus

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I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 (NIV) I RECENTLY READ A SMALL book about the

Mornings with Jesus

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I VISITED A NEW FRIEND’S home shortly before Christmas. “Come, see our tree,” she said as she led me into the living room. Twinkly lights, red baubles, and yards of curly white ribbon bedecked the tree. It resembled something from the pages of a home

60 Days of Prayer

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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ROMANS 15:13 (NIV) EXPECT SOMETHING AMAZING to happen today. Be encouraged, knowing that God is with you an

Mornings with Jesus

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AMONG MY DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES, I’M tasked with evaluating manuscripts for their publication potential. In a way, I’m a quality-control specialist in a story factory. I examine an author’s writing with the literary equivalent of a “tuning fork.” If i

Mornings with Jesus

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MY GRANDDAUGHTER LILAH WAS A good eater for the first couple of years. But after turning two, she became more finicky. Sometimes she rejected foods, saying, “Oooo, gwoss” or “S’gusting” in imitation of her older siblings. One evening my daughter, Hol

Mornings with Jesus

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MY NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ADELAIDE, IS a natural teacher. She has her own desk, fully supplied, and a chalkboard in her room, along with a massive bookshelf. She pilfers papers and worksheets from her teacher aunt. She teaches her sister, her cousin

60 Days of Prayer

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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. JOHN 10:10 (NIV) JESUS PROMISES YOU an abundant life. His endless blessings flow to you, filling you with His light. No matter what cir

Mornings with Jesus

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I WAS EXCITED WHEN THE newspaper reported that a famous author would visit our city to give a lecture. I bought seven copies of her book and gifted them to a variety of friends and family members. My loved ones were delighted to receive the books, an

Mornings with Jesus

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I OPENED THE DOOR TO the children’s church classroom last Sunday, excited to teach little Marissa, who followed right behind me. I hadn’t always felt eager about this way of serving Jesus. My husband, Kevin, and I pastor a small rural congregation, a

PC Gamer

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In the painted world of Ariamis, a girl sits before a blank canvass. Known as the Painter, she dreams of using the Dark Soul to paint a gentle world. The last sister of the Sable church of Londor, Friede fights to keep things the way they are refusi

60 Days of Prayer

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Do not neglect your gift… 1 TIMOTHY 4:14 (NIV) IS THERE SOMETHING that God has been calling you to do? Sometimes our dreams are delayed but not denied. Look deep in your heart to see if there is an unfulfilled goal you have given up on—despite gentl

60 Days of Prayer

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If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness. ISAIAH 58:10 (NIV) IN THE ABOVE verse, the prophet Isaiah describes the kind of service God favors. He values and uses

60 Days of Prayer

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The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get

Mornings with Jesus

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES to meditate on for New Year’s Day is Isaiah 43:19: “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?” (NLT). These words fill me with excitement the same way hanging a new calendar on the wal

60 Days of Prayer

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“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” EPHESIANS 3:20-21 (

Mornings with Jesus

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A FRIEND WHO WORKED OVERSEAS in the Middle East recently returned home. When he visited our family, he gave us a box of dates—those sweet brown, fleshy fruits of the palm tree. They were delicious. Fruit has always been a refreshing and desirable sta