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April 3, 2024
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Disbelieving for Joy

I bless you this Wednesday after Easter To be like the Disciples on Resurrection Day Who saw Jesus and disbelieved for joy. […]
April 2, 2024
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The Road to Emmaus

It was Resurrection Day And the disciples on the road to Emmaus were despondent.   They thought it was the […]
April 1, 2024
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I Told You So!

“He’s not here,” the angel said. “He’s risen, just as He said.” (Matt. 28:6) It’s like saying, ‘I told you […]
March 29, 2024
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It is Finished

It’s Good Friday, and I bless you with one of Jesus’s dramatic words from the cross As He breathed his […]
March 28, 2024
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Letting Jesus Wash You

I bless you on this Maundy Thursday, The Thursday before Easter, From the Latin word for mandate— The command to […]
March 26, 2024
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All Things Are Yours

Receive this startling, Mind-bending blessing from Paul’s pen, The Word of God to all believers:   “All things are yours.” […]
March 25, 2024
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Deep Cisterns Blessing

I bless your every taste Of Living Water That pools in the cisterns you did not dig.   When God […]
March 22, 2024
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The Blessings of Cisterns You Didn’t Dig

I bless you today to think About the people who have Gone before you Digging the cisterns From which you […]
March 21, 2024
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Mr. Roger’s Blessing

In 2001, Fred Rogers, Presbyterian clergyman And children’s TV pioneer, spoke at Marquette University And said, “Anyone who has ever […]
March 19, 2024
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A Blessing for Boldness

“No man Shall be able To stand before you All the days Of your life. Just as I was with […]
March 18, 2024
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Quit Flapping, Start Soaring

You aren’t designed to flap Your wings Frantically, Futilely, Until you run out of fuel. You are made to soar. […]
March 15, 2024
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A Blessing to Persevere

I bless you to keep sowing Because … In due season You will reap! (Gal. 6:9)   Hell can’t crush […]
June 13, 2023
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The Humility that Leads to Honor

May the weak times, The humbling times, The hard times, Be, for you, The gateway to honor. “Humility comes before […]
June 6, 2023
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Love, Not Law, Defangs Sin

I bless you that the love of God That “covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8) Will fill you […]
June 1, 2023
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A Blessing to Be In the Spirit

Child of God, “You … are not in the flesh But in the Spirit…” (Romans 8:9).   You have flesh, […]
May 31, 2023
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God’s Grin Over You

To say “There is therefore Now no condemnation For those in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).   Is to say…   […]
May 30, 2023
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Best News Ever IN Him Alone

  BEST NEWS EVER:   “There is therefore Now no condemnation For those IN Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).   IN […]
May 25, 2023
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There is NO Condemnation

­Receive and revel in the Crescendo of Paul’s epistle:   “There is therefore now NO condemnation for those Who are […]
May 24, 2023
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A Blessing to Cry Out to Jesus

Fear not to cry with Paul, “Who will deliver me?” (Romans 7:24) Because those who feel the futility Of their […]
May 19, 2023
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Blessed to be Holy and Blameless

Child of God, “You, who once were alienated And hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled In […]
May 5, 2023
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Do You Feel Like a Slave to Sin?

Child of God, You are no slave to sin. Paul says it plainly: “[Your] old self was crucified With Him […]
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