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Speaking a Fountain of Life
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. – Proverbs 10:11 (NIV) Do you bring life to others by the words you speak? I was Skyping with a friend overseas today and she shared with me this Proverb that challenged her. It got me searching and thinking of…
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God’s Victorious Love – Easter Sunday
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Easter Sunday – God’s Victorious Love 1 Corinthians 5; Ephesians 3: Romans 10 Today is the day we celebrate God’s victorious love! We have been counting down the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday. Today, we reflect and celebrate… Jesus is no longer in the grave! …He lives!…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: Good Friday
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Good Friday God is love, 1 John 4:9 We have been counting down the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross. How often have you said you were having a bad day or a bad week? Could any of…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 6th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Col 3:12-14 NIRV and ERV – Unity in Love We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, …as we focus on love’s journey to the cross… Reflect with me… God calls…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 5th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Love means laying down your life – John 15:9-15 We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, on how God deeply loves…
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Intentional Friendships
I am ALIVE and investing in other people, because of people who invested in me. My parents were intentional in recruiting others to invest in me in partnership with them. Friends and mentors obediently stepped up at crucial times of brokenness in my life. They saw something in me, prayed for me, battled for me,…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 4th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Adopted, Luke 15 We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, on how God deeply loves us and calls us to love…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 3rd Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections The Gift of Love, 1 Cor 13 ERV We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, …as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, on how God loves us and calls…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 2nd Sunday of Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Our mouths, James 3:9-10 We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter, as we focus on dying to our selves, and living free in Christ, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, and on how God loves us and calls us to love…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: First day in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections (Art by Moriah Misner) Easter is the most important event in our world history, and yet it can sneak up on us. We often spend so much time focusing on Christmas, that we forget Part 2, …the dying to self-part and receiving new life in Christ. Christmas…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 