Finding Jesus in the messy, mundane, and miraculous.
Written by Debbie Garrett For me the word preparation immediately brings up “to do” lists in my head. I have to admit I’m a task-oriented person, so this fuels me. I love to cross things off the list as I take care of item after item. I’m afraid though, that this obsession of the ‘doing’ […]
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“The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 Preparation. The word makes me think of being completely ready. Ahead of schedule, no stress, set up for whatever is coming. God asking us to be prepared has nothing to do with our readiness. As you will read this week, it is about things like willingness […]
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By Lisa Beasley I was asked to speak to you about hope. Hope in Christ. Hope in Christ, my friends, is a dangerous thing. Hope in Christ is what gives you the strength you need to get through the day or month or year that has been unbelievably, heart wrenchingly hard. With that being said, […]
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By Carin Tillman We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human and visible means, nor rests in any visible end. He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things […]
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Written by Lynn Eklund It’s so easy to get our hopes up in our culture- especially this time of year. When I was a little girl, I hoped Santa would bring me a Barbie Dream House every year. He never did. I think back to the year I really hoped my boyfriend (now husband) would […]
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Written by Derek Garrett In our society, we use the word “hope” in the same way we use the word “wish.” We hope our team wins the big game, or we hope that this or that would happen. The Bible doesn’t use the word “hope” in that way. Biblical synonyms for hope are “comfort, expectation, […]
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Written by Lis Cheesman Now we all know that the Christmas season brings stress, frustration, and a general sense of being stretched too thin. It always seems like everyone needs something from us. Our bosses demand our energy. Our children demand our finances. Our friends demand our attention. Our families demand our emotions. And this […]
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Written by Jaclyn Fertig The hope that we experience as believers is different than the hope talked about by the world. Hope in the worldly sense is uncertain. It is the desire for a particular event to take place. For example, one may say, “I sure hope it warms up today.” The person saying this […]
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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu Hope is a funny thing. I think the fact that we all find hope somewhere within us is evidence of God’s existence. If hope did not exist – how would we go on living? We wake up […]
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This past summer I asked some wonderful people to write a post for my blog. It was an awesome project and I loved it so much I wanted to do it again. As I considered how this could happen, it came to me—Advent! Advent: the coming or arrival of something extremely important The weeks leading […]
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