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The Old Testament Version of Romans 8:28

If you come visit me, you’ll be greeted with a beautifully designed placard at the end of the driveway with one of my favorite verses inscribed on it, Romans 8:28. That verse carried me through my husband’s leukemia, my depression, and the painful reality of a wayward child.
I’m sure many in Jesus’s day and the early church recited the last verse of Psalm twenty-three as they traversed the difficulties and the persecution many Christians faced.

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Acting with Wisdom, not Emotions

Disappointment knocks at the door, and fear trickles in as worry races through our minds. These emotions rush to greet us after we get that phone call. That bill in the mail. The news from the doctor. That’s when our faith needs to kick in and take over. Faith has a companion, wisdom.

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Heal Our Land

How many times have we reminded God of this promise in recent months? We cherish God’s promises. We pray them. We believe them, but do we meet God’s conditions? Many promises found in Scripture are based on particular conditions being met. Sometimes the conditions God has placed on His promises are in a nearby verse, but in 2 Chronicles 7:14, the conditions are quite obvious.
First, God expects His people, believers, to cry out on behalf of their nation. Have you been born again? Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ rather than simply cold religion? Jesus will return, and you do not want to remain on this earth once He withdraws the Holy Spirit from earth and begins pouring out His wrath on those who remain.

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My Word for 2026

“Stretch yourselves to pray for others,” Proclaimed the preacher, but the Holy Spirit whispered something slightly different to me.

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Thank You for Being Jesus to Me

My gratitude is well overdue, but as I considered writing about loving one another for February, I had to share my personal testimony.
In September 2022, horrific pain consumed me, bringing me literally down to my knees.

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