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The good and beautiful life is always available to us. We may find ourselves in challenging and desperate situations. We may have moments when we can’t see through the tears. But God is for thriving. And he will make a way for you to experience life and joy … if you are willing....
Keep ReadingHow can both Nebuchadnezzar and the Lord Almighty carry the people off into exile? ...
Keep ReadingCommunities frequently have to rise to challenges. They rebuild. They restructure. They forgive. And these challenges leave a mark on the community … in some cases a scar, in others a callous, and in still others a pearl....
Keep ReadingWhat do you expect God to do when he sees you?...
Keep ReadingAll sorts of things motivate people to seek Jesus: a longing for meaning, a desire for community, curiosity, financial interests, peer pressure … the list goes on and on....
Keep ReadingGod desires to bless the entire cosmos with life. ...
Keep ReadingGod loving the world must have come as quite a shock to Nicodemus...
Keep ReadingGod has given a big gift and, in some ways, taken a big risk, in the hope that we will believe and, in that belief, enter into his family and receive life....
Keep ReadingGod offers us his committed loyalty and covenant faithfulness....
Keep ReadingThere is something about knowing that you are loved that just feels good....
Keep ReadingTake some time today to read the dramatic conclusion of Mephibosheth’s story. Commentators disagree as to what happens with him here....
Keep ReadingThe Lord’s way of lifting us out of our shame isn’t to create a fiction in which we have nothing of which to be ashamed....
Keep ReadingWhen we walk in step with his Spirit, we find ourselves drawn toward holistic engagement with people in need....
Keep ReadingFaithfulness to the Lord overflows into kindness toward others. ...
Keep ReadingGod can make you brave...
Keep ReadingYou don’t have to be muscular to be strong. You don’t have to be intimidating to be influential. The Lord can do mighty things in and through you if you’re willing to let him guide you in the use of your voice....
Keep ReadingWhat do you do when you’re disrespected?...
Keep ReadingDavid found himself in the in-between part of his story: anointed but not yet ascended to the throne. And those in-between places can be so challenging....
Keep ReadingChange and loss can be disorienting to us. We can struggle and veer out of control. These are the times when we most need friends. These are the times when we most need God....
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