Prayer for Today

Holy Spirit, guide my thoughts, words and steps as I go through the cycles of my days. Teach me the Word. Lead me in God’s loving grace. Encourage my heart in times of stress. Hold me in times of grief and struggle. Point me to the Savior in the precious name and powerful authority of…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220528

Today is a beautiful day, because “For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs; you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out…

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Stoking the Fires

Is it a biblical response for the church to file suit against current and past members? Do tithes and offerings of the defendants get used against them in doing so? I’m just asking. From the book: “April 16 opened up a greater chasm in the church when news came out that Steve had filed a…

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Prayer for Today

Praise you, Father God, for my soul is timeless and will abide with you forever. Thank you for the promise of eternal life in the precious name and powerful authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen.   “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220527

Today is a beautiful day, because David praises God for providing water for His creation, “You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.” (Psalm 65:10 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Irreconcilable Differences

How do you reconcile polar opposite positions that cannot be together in the same space and time? The senior minister leaves or he stays, it’s one or the other. Even if both parties want what is best for the church, how do you compromise on what cannot be compromised? If the reason for the split…

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Prayer for Today

Jesus, by your own words you are the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through you. You are our propitiation, our saving grace and our eternal hope. You are the way of salvation. I bring my praise in your precious name and powerful authority, according to the good…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220526

Today is a beautiful day, because “You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.” (Psalm 65:9 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

The Eyes of the Abuser

Surviving and healing from abuse is a life-long process. The circumstances are life-altering, thought-pattern-changing and emotionally recurring. Sometimes flashbacks don’t need a trigger, they just pop up. Victims need to possess a set of tools to combat the recurring effects. The events of the leadership meeting were a trigger in my case. It was the…

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Prayer for Today

King Jesus, we await your second coming. We expect to hear the trumpet blowing at any time. We prepare and we pray that you will find us ready. We trust in your eternal hope in your name above all names, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “Children, it is the…

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