Category: Encouragement & Hope
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Rise
Read more: RiseGood morning, beloved, The earth is filled with His glory. Will we take time today to look outside of our circumstances and see the magnificence in the tall trees? Will we stop and listen to the birds that flock? Will we watch the squirrels play tag? Will we pause and lift our hands and thank Him for…
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Cease this, but not this…
Read more: Cease this, but not this…Good evening, friends, Talk with Me about every aspect of your day, including your feelings. Remember that your ultimate goal is not to control or fix everything around you; it is to keep communing with Me. A successful day is one in which you stay in touch with Me, even if many things remain undone…
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Pause
Read more: PausePsalm 103: 103 ·All that I am [T O my soul], ·praise [bless] the Lord; ·everything in me [L all my inward parts], ·praise [bless] his holy name. 2 ·My whole being [T O my soul], ·praise [bless] the Lord and do not forget all his ·kindnesses [gifts; benefits]. 3 He forgives all ·my [or your] ·sins [iniquity] and heals all ·my [or your] ·diseases [ills]. 4 He ·saves [redeems] ·my [or your] life from the ·grave [L pit] and ·loads [or crowns] ·me [or you] with ·love [loyalty] and ·mercy [compassion]. 5 He satisfies ·me [or you] with good things [L as long as…
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Time
Read more: TimeAnd everything You hold in Your hand Still You make time for me I can’t understand Praise You God of Earth and sky How beautiful is Your unfailing love Unfailing love (Chris Tomlin, Unfailing Love) Higher than the mountains that I face Stronger than the power of the grave Constant through the trial and the…
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Enough
Read more: EnoughGood morning, beloved! 13 I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with ·much [L all] joy and peace ·while you trust[because you trust; through your faith] in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15 EXB I’m going to admit to you, dear reader, that today I need these…
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Awake
Read more: AwakeGood morning, beloved, How do you understand a peaceful, quiet, restful day when the day earlier was the antithesis? Grateful. I begin thinking what did I do differently? Questioning. Not sure, wondering. So I begin with… Awake, my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run; shake off dull sloth, and joyful…
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Resembling redemption
Read more: Resembling redemptionGood morning, beloved, I think I might change my title picture to this! I cannot stop staring at it. The light cascades over the tree and even the areas not touched by the light are enlightened. Just gets me! Our morning does not look so spectacular this morning. I am reading a series named The…
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Separate? No way
Read more: Separate? No wayGood morning, beloved, Where can you find peace in this day? As I write, I am praying for God to come and dwell. May His Holy Spirit fall fresh on this house. I love remembering these verses: 35 ·Can anything [or Who can] separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can ·troubles [trials; tribulations] or ·problems [distress; hardship] or ·sufferings [persecution] or…
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All things are possible…
Read more: All things are possible…Good morning, beloved, Well, yesterday’s post felt a little rushed. Ahem. I’ve had a song running through my mind since Monday morning. The song is a declaration, the whole thing. I need to hear these words like Scripture. I hear my kids running through the house singing parts of the song and I remember. I…
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Good morning, beloved, Do you ever crave quiet? I do not mean a quiet in your surroundings (though at times…). I allude to a quiet found in your mind. This morning my brain is racing from thought to thought. As I sit here, pondering my keyboard, my brain races. I have music in the background…
