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A Prayer for When You Are Afraid

By Charles F. Stanley Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. —ISAIAH 41:10 NKJV Father, how grateful I am for Your awesome love and that You are with me […]

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COVID May Just Break Your Heart. But God Can Put It Together Again.

Medical doctor Erik Strandness asks whether this pandemic will put us in touch with spiritual reality. By Dr. Erik Strandness COVID caught us off guard. Peacefully snoring away in our cultural slumber an alarm went off that we didn’t set, a wake-up call that we didn’t request. Groggy and disoriented we fumble about trying to […]

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Embracing the Gift of Sleep

By Abide Christian Meditation In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep to those he loves. —PSALM 127:2 Perhaps you’ve never thought of sleep as a gift from God. But it is. Sleep is a beautiful gift of peace and rest that comes from the Father’s […]

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Turning Your Doubts into Destinations

By Steve Pemberton In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. —Matthew 5:16 It was four o’clock in the afternoon when Mike Silvia called. There had been virtually no calls that day. John Sykes didn’t know at the time that […]

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Four Biblical Truths about Sickness and Death

By Costi W. Hinn Why do people get sick? This is one of the most pressing questions when it comes to healing, and it must be answered by using the Scriptures. Opinions and abuses abound, so the only way to address this question is to cement ourselves in the truth of God’s unchanging Word. I’ve […]

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Walking God’s Path to Heaven

By Lee Strobel If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. —C. S. LEWIS, MERE CHRISTIANITY My friend Nabeel was afflicted with stomach cancer. There I was, sitting at his hospital bedside in Houston just days before […]

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What Awaits You After Death?

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. —2 Corinthians 5:8 Is this dying? Why, this is bliss . . . Earth is receding; Heaven is opening; God is calling. I must go. —Dwight L. Moody, just before his death My eyes fluttered. […]

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My Biggest Surprise When I Became a Mom

By Sarah Bragg Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. —Proverbs 22:6 I thought having kids was all about them being born and raised. What I didn’t know was how much they were going to raise me. On May 31, 2008, […]

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The Prison of People Pleasing

By Karen Ehman Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. —Galatians 1:10 The gymnasium at the big brick elementary school in my neighborhood was the […]

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The High Price of Nice

By Karen Ehman The act of being nice has been asked of us since we were tots. Who of us doesn’t remember our parents telling us to “play nice” with our siblings or our kindergarten teacher correcting a misbehaving student, chiding them, “That’s not very nice!”? Being nice is expected of schoolyard kids, adult citizens […]

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