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February Write the WORD: HEART

It is the month of chocolate hearts, pillows shaped like hearts, and Valentine cards splattered with hearts. No wonder that I’ve chosen HEART for the February Write the WORD theme – it is all around us! When I entered “heart” … Continue reading

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Let’s Pray for America

Depending on your political leanings, the recent ushering-in of President Joseph Biden (and the exit of former President Donald Trump) finds you either delighted or dejected. Few are politically apathetic where the 2020 election is concerned. Emotions have been high, … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: NEW Every Morning

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 “New every morning.” Don’t you love that phrase? It suggests a welcome freshness, a … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Off With the Old, On With the NEW

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life,to put off your old self,which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Dying to Live Free!

“But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.” Romans 7:6 Trying … Continue reading

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Cross My Heart’s Top Videos of 2020

Perhaps there has never been a year when we, individually and collectively, are more happy to see the pages of the calendar turn. Most of us would agree that we’re more than ready to embrace a new year (finally!) and … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking for the New Year: Let Your NEW Spirit Lead Out!

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 11:19 When we turn over control of our lives … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Ready for Something NEW?

“Sing to him a new song,play skillfully and shout for joy.”Psalm 33:3 As 2020 ends, we all say a resounding, “YES!” Individually and collectively, we are more than ready for something new! What would it take for 2021 to be … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Life & Joy

“You have made known to me the path of life;you will fill me with joy in your presence,with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”Psalm 16:11 Though he lived long before Jesus came to earth, David looked forward as through the … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Receiving and Responding

“And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.” Nehemiah 12:43 Nehemiah wrote, “…God had given … Continue reading

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