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The Conspiracy of Kindness

The destiny that we have, you and I, is the very real transformation of our lives, the renovation of our hearts, it’s what God longs for, it’s why He gave the Son for, it’s why he poured out the spirit, it’s why he formed the church. He wanted a people who more and more resembled his Son Jesus in the way they lived their lives, in the things they valued, how they talk, how they speak of others and how they treat others, and how they serve others. He did not want just a bunch of nice people, he wanted people who sacrificially served in his name.

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Being Stars Against the Dark Night

“Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus”

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How to Be of the Same Mind

We pray, Lord, that you would help us learn to walk with humility, to walk in the light of the cross and to serve freely, and fully, and joyfully one another as long as we have opportunity.

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Expressing Humility and Service to Others

The New Testament tells us that we cannot love God, who we have not seen, if we fail to love those who we can see.

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Joyfulness and God’s Sovereignty, Part II

If we only look at the black dot we’re going to despair. But if we can learn to see the bigger picture, to look at the right places, we can see God’s hand at work.

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Reflection and Relevance of Ministry to Children and Youth

As we begin a new school year, I challenge you to do what you can to encourage, support, advocate and serve children and young people. How will you invest in the lives of our children and youth?

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The Pure at Heart

Blessed those who see the divine in their neighbor, for they are never wrong.

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Joyfulness and God’s Sovereignty

“Where are God’s purposes being advanced by the circumstances I am encountering today?”

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The Loving Act of Intercessory Prayer

We pray for one another because we love, because we care, and the more deeply we pray, the more we learn to pray for the things that matter most.

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Joy for All Seasons of Life

Through Jesus Christ, we can have joy that is unexplainable, a deep-seated confidence that God is graceful and merciful to me, that he is working in my life and in the life of others and that God is sovereign.” This confidence can be ours today.

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Fighting Our Battles in God’s Strength

Decide today that you’ll fight your battles in God’s strength, trust vengeance to his justice, and give your failures to his grace. Whether you’re a father or not, you have a Father. We are all his children. These are the Father’s Day gifts he wants us to open.

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Praying in a Time of Brokenness

It is the place we are called to live a life of prayer, offer our sacrifice. Out of the depths of pain. We don’t get to choose the place and time, it is from here that we are to pray, love, and follow and serve.

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One Set of Footprints

“If the Lord had not been on our side, we would not have made it. The river would have washed us away. Our enemy would have chewed us up and spit us out. Like a bird caught in a fowler’s trap we would have never gotten out had the Lord not been with us.”

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A Song of Servanthood

May we continuously adopt the posture and attitude of the psalmist: Lifting our eyes to One enthroned in heaven and serving Him because He is merciful toward us.

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A Song of Trust

It is hope that takes us forward. It is what God calls us into, a life that trusts in him, surrendering our ambition, hope in Him as we walk along this path together.

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Encouragement for Every Woman

The most important work you and I can ever do is the molding of other lives.

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A Faith That Sings: Faith from Above

He keeps our lives, he watches over us, with his unwavering, all inclusive, never ending grace.

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A Vital Conversation About Death

Jesus did not give us empty promises, but freedom. Demonstrated the power of truth. Take away the sting of death. He is for us, the one who infuses his very existence into us and gives us a reason to live and to live with the presence of God in the goodness of love and the freedom to serve.

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Making Easter a Home Where We Live

You can begin today. Jesus is ready and waiting. How can your walk with him be even stronger and deeper? What next step can you take? Ask him today, and follow him tomorrow.

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The King on a Donkey

Every person needs help, home, and hope. Jesus offers you all three. No matter who you have been in this story. God rode a donkey on Palm Sunday to prove it.

And now Jesus asks me to love him enough to be his donkey. To carry him to the fickle, prideful, cowardly people who need him. To tell his story, and share his love in mine. The donkey doesn’t matter—only the One it bears.

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