The Gifts God has Given Us

'From everyone to whom much is given, much will be required…' (Luke 12:48) I’ll never forget the moment when today’s scripture first spoke to me.  Instead of reading the words on a page, it was like the words were coming off the page to confront me. On that evening, I somehow knew that I was …

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God’s Gift of Reconciliation

No, ‘if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.  (Rom. 12:20-21) If we want to keep our enemies, we shouldn’t follow Paul’s advice.  If …

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We Are Never Alone

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappointment us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts…  (Rom. 5:3-5) There are different kinds of suffering.  There’s suffering that’s senseless, brutal, devoid of hope.  …

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