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Your Lens

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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:19-20)

May God help you see things like the young man in the following story.  You can choose to see the glass as half full.  You always have the choice to be wealthy through the riches of God.  Look through the lens of God’s camera and see the beautiful array of all that He offers.  Learn each lesson well as it comes your way! Read more

Pray Until Something Happens

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I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer. (Psalm 17:6)

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light.  The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin.  The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. So, this man did, day after day.

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At the Bus Stop

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Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for him. (Lamentations 3:22-24)

I went to get my hair trimmed today by a new hair stylist.  The beginning of the conversation started out a little rough as she shared her story of moving to Florida from Colorado.  I shared that I have only been here for a little over a year.  She asked where I moved from and I shared that I moved from Minnesota. Read more

1 Pebble, 1 Word

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…Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. (James 1:19)

A Pebble

Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone;
But there’s half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be.

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Nothing Left Undone

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Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)

“Being confident…”

Many Christians walk around quoting this verse, but I think few of us take the time to understand it word for word.  From the beginning of the verse, Paul, the author of Philippians, wants us to know that we are to live in a confident way.  He could have said, “Be confident…”  and that would have put emphasis on the word “confident”.  Instead, he says “Being confident…” which puts emphasis on the word “being”.  This is to remind us we are to be living in a confident way continuously.  There is never a time that we are not to live confidently.  We can be confident because of who Jesus Christ is in us.  Are you living in a confident way?  If not, what has kept you from being confident?

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