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In Every Way As We Are

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15-16 Earlier […]

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His Faithful Love Endures

“Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings, And I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with […]

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The Lord Will Provide

“’Take your son,’ He said, ‘your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” (v. 2) “Isaac said, ‘The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ Abraham answered, God himself […]

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By Faith

“Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ She also said, ‘Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.’” Genesis 21:6-7 The other day I bought a print of a Bible verse I like. It wasn’t even what I […]

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God Knows

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:8-9 God asked, “Where are you?” […]