Category: Dependence
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“Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and pay your vows to the Most High” (Psalm 50:14). Yesterday, for the first time in 11 months, I found myself asking for a towel to dry my freshly washed, dripping hair. It felt so new and unexpected that I paused and truly appreciated what I was experiencing. Losing…
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” So have I seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and glory. Because Your favor is better than life, my lips will praise You” (Psalm 63: 2, 3). On April 24, 2025, as I was returning home after my first mammogram, I began praying and worshiping God to the song “Yahweh Will…
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“When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him [ temporarily], until a more opportune time” (Luke 4:13 Amplified Bible). I’ve never considered myself an expert negotiator, and calling myself one would be misleading. I don’t enjoy haggling over prices, whether at a farmers market or elsewhere. The most I’ve ever saved is probably…
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“When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon Peter:” launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. (Luke 5:4) Heavy eyelids and a weary expression revealed an exhausted, disappointed, and frustrated Peter. They had fished all night without catching a single fish. He pulled their two boats ashore and…
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“Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.” [AMP Bible]. Most of the time we go to Florida, we stop at one of our family…
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“They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy], and by [their] prayer I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of water, on a straight path in which they will not stumble, for I am a Father to Israel and Ephraim is My firstborn”. (Jeremiah 31:9; AMP. Bible) Ever since…