Category: Understanding the Bible
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The King Shouldn’t Consider Himself Above His Subjects
Although every passage in my “consider” word study from the Bible has touched and challenged me personally, I will not share all 130 of the verses in this series. I only plan to cover the ones I feel are most pertinent for this year. I found the following passage especially significant now, in the midst…
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A Word for 2021
Everyone has a different idea on the best way to greet the New Year. Some make resolutions or set goals. Others choose a theme verse God has led them to, or pick a focus word for the year. I have done all of the above, or none of the above, in a somewhat random fashion.…
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Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy
I was struggling to grasp the presence of God in my morning devotions. I have so much to be thankful for, and yet I felt a little lost in isolation and day after day of sameness.
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Come and See!
This makes me think of the message of Easter, and how people in Jesus’ day and now, react to the news that our God is alive! We’re not celebrating the bunny, or spring, or family get-togethers (especially not this year). We rejoice because Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead. And we…
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Here I Raise My…What?
How many phrases can you think of using the word “raise?” We can raise crops or kids, funds or salaries. We raise our hands if we have a question, and our eyebrows to signal a secret. Trouble-makers raise Cain. We describe scary experiences as hair-raising. We raise our voices, raise a Halleluia, and raise the…
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Welcome to my new website!
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I’m so excited about this new website. It combines everything from my two blogspot blogs Epiphany and Finding Strength in God in one handy site. Plus it has many added features. The first is the Follow button, which will send you a FREE download not available on my website once you’ve signed up. And it…
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Easter Series: The Blood
The old hymn keeps running through my head this week: The blood that Jesus shed for me Way back on Calvary, The blood that gives me strength from day to day— It will never lose its power. It reaches to the highest mountain. It flows to the lowest valley. The blood that gives me strength…
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Easter Series: The Crown
courtesy of pro-church media, unsplash When I think of crowns, I think of kings, queens…and Jesus. Words from Handel’s Messiah spring to life, “Who is this King of glory?” That was what came to mind when Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem—symbolizing a king coming in peace. They said, “Blessed is the king who comes…
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Easter Series: The Tears
Have you noticed that babies cry a lot? If you have a new baby at home you’re probably rolling your eyes, or bobbing your head in zombie-fashion for lack of sleep. Jesus cried. He got hungry like other babies, needed his diaper changed, and needed comforting. He experienced pain and hunger. He was fully man…