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So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Jeremiah 10:24 If you dare pray this prayer, pray, pray this prayer: Search me, O God, and know my heart;     test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you,     and lead me along the path of everlasting…

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.   (1 Thessalonians 5:23)   Paul prayed that his readers would experience holy living in every dimension. He prayed that they would be diligent…

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. (Proverbs 14:27) The fear of the Lord adds length to life. (Proverbs 10:27) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. (Proverbs 1:7) The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. (Psalm 34:7) I was blessed…

Good News for the Oppressed The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those…

People ruin their lives with the foolish things they do, and then they blame the Lord for it. (Proverbs 19:3) “Why didn’t God help me keep my boyfriend?” “Why did God allow me to go bankrupt?” “Why doesn’t God get me a job?” “Why did God make me grow up in this family?” “Why God? Why…

Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. (Deut. 32:2) As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields…

Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. (Isaiah 55:2) The Bible is extremely practical in every area of life: work, finances, sex, health, you name…

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. (James 1:5) “I am the Lord who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26) We had dear friends, parents of two toddlers, stay with us for two weeks recently. I couldn’t help but notice that child-rearing has changed since Mark and I were raising our…

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. (Colossians 4:2) If you are like me, you struggle with staying focused when you pray. The answer is simply this:  keep the thanks flowing! As we lift up the people in our lives that we are committed to, we will continue to pour out our thanks to God…

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.   (1 Corinthians 1:3) Seventeen times in Scripture, the writers of the epistles bless their readers with these two virtues:  Grace and Peace. When we look at the deeper root meanings of these words, we see that they are comprehensive blessings…
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