Message of hope
God is a God of the Present
by Henri Nouwen The real enemies of our life are the “oughts” and the “ifs.” They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and the now. God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that…
Read MoreHow We Pray for Daily Bread
Excerpt from Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster If we were not so familiar with the Lord’s Prayer, we would be astonished at the petition for daily bread. If it had come from the lips of any other than Jesus himself, we would consider it an intrusion of materialism upon the refined…
Read MoreHope Does Not Disappoint
by Stacey Thacker “And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5 (NASB) I turned off the ignition and eyed the grocery store entrance. People came and went with Sunday night dinner fixings, while I tried…
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