Tag: devotion
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How Can I Not Be Afraid?
“Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:16-17). As a child, I often thought that…
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How Can I Stand Before God?
“‘I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,’ says the Lord Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he…
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How to Wait Patiently
“Listen, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the good promises that I have spoken to the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah. In those days and at that time, I will cause a righteous Branch to grow up from David’s line. He will establish justice and righteousness on…
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Now Thank We All Our God
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever” (Psalm 118:1). Every time I hear the hymn, it elicits memories of my childhood—an organ booming its stately and steady tempo, the congregation dressed in their Sunday best, smiling faces singing joyfully, me dreaming of turkey and pie and football. For many…
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An Invitation to Sing
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. Thanksgiving—being thankful and grateful for the undeserved blessings God lavishly pours out on us—isn’t merely reflexive and passive. It’s active and expressed in so many different ways. But that isn’t how many people in our world understand thankfulness. We say we’re thankful…
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The Secret to Being Content
What’s your secret? When people are thriving in our world or experiencing great financial success in their self-started business or side hustle selling handmade keychains on Etsy, others tend to want to know how they did it—most often because they want to replicate such financial feats or influence. When people aren’t thriving or experiencing financial…
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A Song of Repetition and Remembrance
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever” (Psalm 136:1). The unique relationship between music and memory is astounding, isn’t it? God has designed our minds in such a way that we can go years—decades even—without singing…
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A Song of Undiminished Joy
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep…