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Inside the Story

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” –John 11:25-26 NET I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit...
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Where the Water Flows

Where the water flows there is life…. –Ezekiel 47:9, Paraphrased   I know I’ve been exploring the topic of living water in a couple of these posts. For some reason, this verse in Ezekiel keeps coming to mind, so I’m praying into this and inviting you to...
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Light in My Darkness

I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.  –John 8:12 NET   One evening, years ago, our church youth group met at our house. I was a bit young, but Mom & Dad let me go into the...
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Cool Water

…My people have committed a double wrong: They have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot even hold water. — Jeremiah 2:13 NET   Jesus replied, “Everyone who drinks some of...
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Life & Death

I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life…. –Deuteronomy 30:19b-20a NIV   Seek...
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Know, Be, Give

Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings—meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your...