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Archive for the ‘Serving/Missions’ Topic

Coincidental Stories

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Scripture: “Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.” – 1 Peter 4: 8-10   Recently, I read a sentence that […]

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Jump (Don’t Step) out of Your Comfort Zone

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Scripture:  “…Having loved His own who were in the world, He now showed them the full extent of His love.… When He had finished washing their feet, He put on His clothes and returned to His place. ‘Do you understand what I have done for you?’ He asked them. ‘You call me “Teacher” and “Lord” […]

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The Power of Lament in Community

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Scripture: “Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror…. I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eyes waste away because of grief;   they grow weak because of […]

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More Blessed to Give

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Scripture: “In all things I [Paul] have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus how He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than receive.’ And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them […]

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God Sightings All Around Us

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Scripture:  (Connor– here are a few suggestions from which you can choose….) “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” – James 4:8  “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there […]

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How Are You Responding To God’s Grace Today? 

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Scripture:  “Only fear the Lord, and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.” – 1 Samuel 12: 24 Why are we called to serve? Is it a way for us to feel better about ourselves? A way to earn more Jesus points for the bottom line? Or, […]

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Making Service Personal

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Scripture:  “And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ’If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.’ So the people of Israel put away the […]

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I Am the Door

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Scripture:  “I am the gate.  Whoever enters by Me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” – John 10:9-10   Looking at the text, we notice that we […]

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Where Do You Get Your Fulfillment?

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Scripture: “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are […]

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A Commitment to Serve

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“Let me give you a new command: Love one another.  In the same way that I loved you, you love one another.  This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples – when they see the love you have for each other.”  John 13:34-35 (The Message)   Our family just returned from the […]

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