5 Bible Verses to Help Your Love Shine
What does love have to do with the Bible? Well, that’s pretty obvious, you might think. After all, Scripture tells us about the amazing love God showed to us by sending his Son to die for our sins. But the Bible also guides us in expressing a practical, everyday love inspired by our faith. And when we take a closer…
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What are we waiting for?
I often wonder how Mary felt in the days leading up to Jesus's birth. What did it feel like to nurture and carry the Messiah? What physical pain and spiritual peace did she experience? When she received news of her unexpected pregnancy, Luke tells us, "Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:19). Those nine…
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Advent: The Weary World Rejoices
“I had been suffering since my childhood,” says Amina*. Her mother died when she was just a young girl living in West Africa. Shortly afterward, her father remarried.Amina’s stepmother abused her and her brothers badly. She subjected them to intensive housework, often waking them up with a stick so they could perform their duties. They were given very little food…
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Get ready: Scripture practices for Advent
Every year at Christmas time my family looks forward to watching the “Service of Lessons and Carols” televised from King’s College in Cambridge, England. The singing is exhilarating, and so is the beautiful reading of the passages from Scripture that foretell and narrate the birth of Jesus. The readers’ rhythms and enunciation and subtle accenting of the words make the…
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God’s Free Christmas Gifts to You
Wait, how is it Christmastime already? you ask the calendar in front of you. While you’re looking forward to the Christmas celebrations, you’re also overwhelmed with anxiety. Christmas is expensive. With all the gifts and décor and parties, your bank account quickly drains down to zero. You’re worried you won’t be able to cover it all. And you don’t want…
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Advent: Sweet Hymns of Joy
“A few months ago, I fell into depression and sadness. I felt all alone. I cried inconsolably. I was anguished and felt that no one understood me,” said Jessica, a school teacher in Peru. That’s when Jessica heard about a ministry called End-to-End, which helps people see, hear, and experience the love of God for themselves. Jessica joined an End-to-End…
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Success and Love Wrapped into One
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about three common mistakes I have made when reading the Bible and how my relationship with God benefitted when I corrected those things. The first mistake I made was approaching Scripture with a lens for myself instead of a lens for God. The main thing that helped me shift my perspective was asking…
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