You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. (Exodus 19:4) He was like an eagle hovering over its nest, overshadowing its young, Then spreading its wings, lifting them into the air, teaching them to fly. (Deuteronomy 32:11f The Message) Recall the scene in Lord of the Rings when the eagles…

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7) Fear has its own all-too-familiar physiology.…

“And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” (Romans 8:26) When all’s said and done, all will be done when all is said. God had the first…

“Not by might. Not by power. But my Spirit, says the Lord” (Zechariah 4:6) Careful planning and hard work are vital, but they have limits. Zerubbabel had an impossible assignment: to rebuild Jerusalem with a rag-tag group of ex-slaves. When Cyrus the King of Persia conquered Babylon he released the Jews, sent them home to…

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