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“Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day…Saul…went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison,” (Acts 8:1-3). These verses and their terrible message remind me of the wonderful promise of Romans…
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The former was proclaimed by a host of angels announcing that God had come to earth clothed in human form. The latter shouted by His followers as Jesus approached Jerusalem for the last time—heading for the cross. Glory to God in heaven and glory to God on the earth. Peace in heaven and…
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This verse came to my attention recently and I had to stop and check myself; do I really believe this? Do I practice it? I’m all over the “praying for each other,” and believing that, “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” But confessing my sins to…
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Last post I looked at ministering out of our lack—these midwives didn’t have families of their own and they ministered in an area where they lacked. Today I want to look at the blessing. When they ministered out of their lack God blessed them in the very area they lacked. I’m not suggesting…
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Strange verse to have as a topic, right? But as I read it I noticed something I’d not noticed before. So, backstory—the midwives were instructed to kill the babies born if they were boys because the Israelite community was getting too large. The Egyptians feared that if they were attacked the Israelite slaves would…
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This was the phrase my husband spoke as he began our prayer together this morning. What a powerful thought! For it is in the stillness that we know God. When our hearts and minds are in tumult we cannot hear. The rushing roar of situations out of our control so easily consume. Yet as…
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In Matthew 26:39-42 is Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane just before His crucifixion. The NLT says it this way, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Then He prays a second time, “My…
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An illustration of one of these unanswerable questions was a Focus on the Family (FOTF) interview with Lacey Sturm, an alternative rock band singer-songwriter. In speaking of the death of her cousin who was like a young brother to her and her own personal encounter with God she said, “Well, what I understood when…
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I heard a most poignant truth around this some time ago as I listened to Lysa TerKeurst speaking. She was in the hospital; she had been in so much pain and the doctors simply could not find what was the matter. Finally, after days of extreme pain where morphine wasn’t even taking the edge off…
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Do you need to know the Lord has seen your misery and cares about you? Let me show you a bit from His Word that shows exactly this. “This is what the Lord says—he who created you, he who formed you: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name;…
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