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Giving Hope to the Hopeless
My husband, Rich, lost his dad unexpectedly when he was eight. When father and son functions happened through the years, men from church and his friends’ dads always included him. Perhaps that’s why my husband has such a heart for Little League baseball and is known throughout our community as a caring coach. When our next door neighbor and… The post Giving Hope to the Hopeless appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Your Light Has Come
They were little lights, with huge impact. My son pointed them out as we drove my mom to the airport. Lined, all the way down the road were little matchstick lights strategically placed so airplanes wouldn’t mistake our road for a runway. “Mommy.” He said, “But, how will airplanes ever see them?” “Oh, they will,” I said. “Even the smallest light shines in the darkness.” The catastrophic is thwarted by light. The airplanes will know their way because of this light. The light will give way to sight that will set people on the right-path. Just a small light that many passer-byers don’t even notice. Light in the darkness is…
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1 CORINTHIANS: A Challenge
Apparently Corinth was the kind of city that would feel right at home in the twenty-first century. It was full of people who love the “good” life of evil vices. Into this decadence the apostle Paul sends a letter full of instruction and warning to Christian believers. He challenges them to godliness of character, true love, clean living, and unity among themselves. Not a bad or inappropriate challenge for us today. Paul understood that purity of heart and life goes hand and hand with following Christ, in a way that both honors Him and is a magnet for those considering biblical faith. From Women of Faith Devotional Bible. Copyright © 2003…
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In the Midst of Dirty Dishes
In the Midst of Dirty Dishes Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: . . . whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies — in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. —1 Peter 4:9 – 11 ESV She and her husband had been missionaries for over sixty years and led countless people to Christ. Now she was in her eighties and still serving. My friend Sheli and I were honored to stay with her for a week to minister alongside her.…
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The Making of Us: Marrying Your Trial with Your Talent
Listen to author Sheridan Voysey read this devotion aloud in the video below. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. — Ephesians 4:7 I made a number of discoveries while writing The Making of Us — one of them being that the trials of life can actually release our greatest gifts into… The post The Making of Us: Marrying Your Trial with Your Talent appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Six Hours One Friday Week One — Anchor Deep
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. — Hebrews 6:19 Anchor deep. Say a prayer. And, hold on. ~ Max Lucado Welcome to the Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study with our dear friend and teacher, Max Lucado! I’m so glad you’re joining us on this journey toward… The post Six Hours One Friday Week One — Anchor Deep appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Satan Stalked Him
He faced all of the same temptations we do. — Hebrews 4:15 You and I know what it is like to endure a moment of temptation or an hour of temptation, even a day of temptation. But forty days? That is what Jesus faced. The Spirit led Jesus into the desert where the devil tempted Jesus for forty… The post Satan Stalked Him appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Jesus’ Favorite
I’m Looking at You, John My sister is the oldest of six grandchildren born to my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and she has a nickname for herself that has made us giggle for the last few years, mainly because it’s true. She started calling herself “#1” in high school, and was usually pretty quick to… The post Jesus’ Favorite appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Patience: The Glory in Waiting
Patience: The Glory in Waiting “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:3–5 In our microwave, instant-messaging, drive-through-window, cell-phone world, one thing many of us are not great at is patience. More succinctly: we hate to wait. Yet in reality, many hurry up to wait. We want what we want and we want it yesterday! When going through tribulations, we naturally want our trials to quickly be over and done.…
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The Gift of Grace
The law of the harvest is explained in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15. Verse 15 says, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” Now if a gift is that good that it can’t be described, I want to know about it. So what is this gift that the Bible says is indescribable? We don’t have to wonder because the answer is right there in our passage, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed” (verse 8). The gift that God has given to each one of us, the gift that is…
