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Our heavenly Father strengthens faith when it encounters a turbulent storm of darkness.
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(Updated December 31)
If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
Tim Keller (1950-2023) was an American pastor and Christian theologian.
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Life’s revolving door eventually offers an open opportunity for a new beginning.
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(Updated December 30)
From James 4:6: “But He gives all the more grace; therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”
Our Creator’s divine plan
Offers fullest, living grace
Giving patience, just in case
When running life’s anxious race
Our Lord shares forgiveness
Relationships need healing
Forgiving sin, just in case
When each day seems freewheeling
Heaven’s Father, sharing peace
Imperfect lives needing change
Trimming each branch, just in case
When roaming lost on God’s range
God shares His timely wisdom
From Heaven, He sees us fall
Touching our hand, just in case
When we need His hope-filled call
From John 15:1-2: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit He prunes to make it bear more fruit.”
Originally published January, 2021.
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Faith’s resilience breathes from Father’s grace above.
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(Updated December 29)
When you offer yourself to God as His servant, He first expects to shape you into the instrument of His choosing. He will always work in you before He works through you.
From Philippians 1:6: “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
Henry Blackaby (1935-2024) was a Canadian pastor and Christian author.
From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “When the sovereign God brings us to nothing, it is to reroute our lives.”
Surrounded by darkness
Human perspective fades
Thinking offers no choices
Feeling betrayed
Trusted patience in God
His fields of green shall sprout
Taking delight in His peace
Erasing doubt
Committed to God’s way
Today’s hope starts anew
Knowing mercy share His love
Transforming view
Witnessed truth in God’s Word
Calvary’s light unfolds
Rewiring faith’s new outlook
Praying tenfold
Rescued by Savior’s grace
Redemption now deploys
Forgiving, eternal love
Responding joy
From Psalm 37:23-24: “Our steps are made firm by the Lord when He delights in our way; though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand.”
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Patience can be a challenging trait to prioritize in our daily lives, but God’s light opens each heart to embrace His waiting grace.
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(Updated December 28)
We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.
From Isaiah 40:30-31: “Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted, but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.
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There waits something special inside the aisles of any “used” bookstore. Countless titles still breathe with endless treasures from authors past.
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(Updated December 27)
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