[I]n Christ all will be made alive. —1 Corinthians 15:22 Trust is tested when the cold winds of sorrow and loneliness blindside you. The words of the hymn ’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus were written in the darkest hours of Louisa Stead’s life. Her husband drowned, attempting to […]
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Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor. —1 Chronicles 29:11 God didn’t allow King David to build the temple, but he let him warehouse a large inventory of priceless supplies that his son Solomon would
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[T]he Lord has assigned to each his task. —1 Corinthians 3:5 According to a 2012 Reader’s Digest article, contacts in a national survey were asked to finish this sentence: “For one day, I would like to trade places with . . .” Here are some of
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Come and share your master’s happiness! —Matthew 25:23 Jesus pitched a parable about a rich man who packed his bags, consigned his property to three servants, and headed out the door. When he returned and reviewed their Reports, he scorched one, but praised two: “Well
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[Y]our sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother . . . and in your mother. —2 Timothy 1:5 There will be a final harvest, Jesus said; the weeds will be burned, and the wheat put in the barn (Mt 13:30). When this planet pulls into
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Where can I flee from your presence? —Psalm 139:7 Psalm 139 sketches the scope of God’s knowledge and presence. It says there is no limit to his knowledge. He knows us through-and-through: knows when we sit and when we stand; knows what we think before we think
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We love because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19 How about this thing between God and us? He started it. God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5).
John Glenn. Everyone knows the name of this American hero who flew fifty-nine combat missions in World War II and twenty-seven in Korea; first American to orbit the earth, and the oldest man in space when, at seventy-seven, he flew with the Space Shuttle Discovery crew; four-term U.S. Senator from Ohio. His history of accomplishment
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[T]he Lord has heard of your misery. —Genesis 16:11 Hagar’s life had become intolerable, so she ran away. No money, no family, no place to go. Homeless. It was hard to see anything good in this, but God assured Hagar that he would be with her,
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[O]ut of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. —Matthew 12:34 The debate had been acrimonious. Each candidate was now instructed to make a two-minute uninterrupted closing statement. The first had barely begun when he was interrupted by his angry opponent screaming inflammatory accusations. The speaker who had the floor calmly waited for
