60 Days of Prayer

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But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. JOHN 14:26 (ESV) THE HOLY SPIRIT can empower your life. When you need patience or support

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

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

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

Mornings with Jesus

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I WAS IN A CONVERSATION the other day with a group of intellectuals who believe there is no God. One of them told me she thinks it is cruel to tell people God loves them—that marginalized folks are hurt by this kind of rhetoric because it implies God

POPSUGAR

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Demi Lovato is reconnecting with her spirituality following a memorable trip to Israel. On Tuesday, the 27-year-old singer shared a few photos of her trip on Instagram to explain the significance of her recent visit and the impact it continues to hav

JOY Magazine

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Much has changed during 2020. Our world has been rocked and what we considered to be set and normal has been forcibly removed and replaced with the ‘new normal’. None of us could have predicted the changes we have seen. Through it all, God and His Wo

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

The Paris Review

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but which verbs do you employ when it’s clear that you are tryingto side-eye murder your mother, when you are the chilling moral of every blazing honor thy Sunday sermon, when you are nothingless than blasphemy blown wide? How you do lift the bleatin

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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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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“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 (

JOY Magazine

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I want to share a prophetic dream that I had many years ago, as it could be very helpful and relevant to someone. In my dream I walked out of a building quite late at night (I had been working in this building). The street was deserted and dark, exce

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

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

Mysterious Ways

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A trained nurse, playwright and actress, Gabrielle Bossis began to receive messages from God as a young child. This continued throughout her life. For decades, Gabrielle pursued God privately while touring as the lead actress in her plays. Then, in h

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 ■

The Christian Science Monitor

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A Christian Science perspective: All of us possess the spiritual strength and dominion to prosper in our work.

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

Mornings with Jesus

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE VERSE FROM THE Message translation really captures how easily we can do things outside of God’s timing. It can be the right thing—directed by God—but done at the wrong time. A ministry friend dabbled in the stock market for a while

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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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

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

JOY Magazine

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During the years of partnership between TWR and ERF, the truly remarkable journey of Reverend Stephen Boakye-Yiadom, former International Director for TWR Africa, unfolded. Rev Boakye-Yiadom was born on 21 July 1943 in Kumasi, Ghana. After completing

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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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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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19 (NIV) THE BIBLE CALLS your body a temple of the Holy Spirit. When you are stuck in a traffic j

JOY Magazine

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Family Tree UK

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Re: Emma Maxwell’s webinar presented on 10 February for Family Tree. I enjoyed the presentation about Scottish Sheriff court records from Emma Maxwell and will have a look at her website, www.scottish indexes.com. A few years ago I was going to visit

Mornings with Jesus

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FIVE MONTHS AFTER WE MOVED into the marina, an eleven-month-old puppy belonging to one of our neighbors broke its leg. The neighbor, unemployed at the time, managed to take the dog to a vet. Surgery was necessary. “I don’t know what to do,” the neigh