God's faithfulness, Noah's ark, ocean, prayer, promises of God, tides, trials

Tangible Promises of God

You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they (the oceans’ waters) cover the earth (Psalm 104:9 addition mine).I was helping my elderly neighbor clean out her desk yesterday. She is legally blind, so she needed me to read EVERYTHING and help her make a decision of whether or not something should be thrown away. She hates wasting …

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death, God's faithfulness, hope, mourning

Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come?Why should my heart be lonely and long for heaven and home,When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is he:His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. (Refrain)I sing because I’m happy.I sing because I’m …

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fingernail moons, God's faithfulness, stars, sunrise

Fingernail Moons and Bejewelling Stars

If you have a chance, get up tomorrow morning at 5:00 and look for the moon. She hangs low in the Eastern sky while the sky lightens from black to fresh blue and the horizon glows with anticipation. The moon’s fingernail shape cuts through the dark sky bejewelled by three stars. One star (Venus) shines a full carrot in strength, the second not quite …

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God's faithfulness, Presence, The Word, Voice

A Beckoning Bible

‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.*’–that is, the word about trust which we proclaim, namely, that if you acknowledge publicly with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be delivered. For with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues …

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God's faithfulness, Isaiah, love

Perfect Faithfulness

Oh Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You and praiseYour namefor in perfect faithfulnessYou have done marvelous things,things planned long ago…. You have been a refuge for thepoor,a refuge for the needy in his distress,a shelter from the stormand a shade from the heat… The Sovereign Lord will wipeaway the tearsfrom all faces;He will remove the disgrace of …

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