Before You Kiss the Frog…Can We Talk? – 8

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Are you expecting the significant other in your life to be your “all-in-all?” Is that a realistic expectation? Is it even a reasonable burden to place on the shoulders of a loved one? Selah, think on these things. Another person in your life is subject to the same restrictions that plague all of us who…

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Prayer for Today

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Beautiful Savior, thank You for grace and mercy that allow me to finish my race with joy. Holy Spirit, You testify with my spirit to the truth of the gospel of God. You guide my days and protect my ways to the glory of the Father. I don’t know what will happen in the next…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20251031

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Today is a beautiful day, because Paul testified, “And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me. But none of these things move me; nor do I count my…

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Prayer for Today

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Father, Abba, thank You for Your grace. Thank You for a better covenant through Christ. Thank You for knowing my heart, purified by faith. I am saved by the grace of my Lord Jesus Christ. Father, be glorified by my words and actions during my daily routines. I pray in the name and authority of…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20251030

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Today is a beautiful day, because Peter pushed back against the notion that Christ did not fulfill the law of Moses and issue in a new covenant, “So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them,…

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Prayer for Today

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My gracious Heavenly Father, I honor You. You have given me prayers to post publicly for more than ten years. You have increased my territory for Your glory. You have provided and guided my every step. Thank You, Father, for those years. Grant me as many more to love and serve You in this way….

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20251029

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Today is a beautiful day, because the apostles continued to spread the gospel in the face of opposition, “Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.” (Acts 14:3 NKJV) Grace #joyinverse…

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Prayer for Today

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Holy Spirit, guide me in my daily tasks. Show me what I need to know and understand. Help me to complete the purpose You have for me for this day. I pray in the name and authority of Jesus, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “When he [Barnabas] came and…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20251028

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Today is a beautiful day, because “When he [Barnabas] came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.” (Acts 11:23 NKJV) Grace #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday Welcome to Joy in Verse! Scroll down and subscribe to keep in touch. Join…

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Prayer for Today

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Lord, where would we be if the apostles hadn’t obeyed your telling them to remain in Jerusalem to receive the Holy Spirit? Would they have fled the persecution of Rome and the Pharisees? Would they have missed the great power to witness to your resurrection? Would they have buried their eyewitness accounts and silenced their…

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