Spiritual Gifts

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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 […]
March 14, 2024
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Savor the New!

I bless you to see and savor the new. I might have liked it if God Had made daffodils to […]
March 13, 2024
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Overflowing with the Spirit’s Fruit: Experience God’s Love, Joy, and Peace

May you overflow With the Spirit’s fruit today. Love … God’s affection, selflessness, generosity. Joy …God’s laughter, light-heartedness, elation. Peace […]
March 12, 2024
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True Unity

I bless you today to Look beyond the world’s hate And rivalry And racism And finger-pointing And polarization Behold with […]
March 11, 2024
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Endurance, Patience, and Joy

I bless you today to be “Strengthened With all power, According to his glorious might, For all endurance And patience […]
March 13, 2024
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Overflowing with the Spirit’s Fruit: Experience God’s Love, Joy, and Peace

May you overflow With the Spirit’s fruit today. Love … God’s affection, selflessness, generosity. Joy …God’s laughter, light-heartedness, elation. Peace […]
November 29, 2023
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A Fresh Infilling of the Holy Spirit

I bless you to receive A fresh infilling of the Spirit. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” Jesus told His disciples. (John […]
September 11, 2023
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Pressure’s Off!

Pressure’s off! The spiritual gifts that God Has given you, Child of God, Are gifts! They are “charismata” – The […]
September 8, 2023
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A Blessing to Use Your Gifts

I bless every spiritual gift That God has planted in you To grow and bear sweet fruit, Even this day […]
September 7, 2023
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Unleash Your God-Given Gifts

You are gifted, Child of God, Spiritually Gifted! “One body” with “many members” (Rom. 12:4) Means every member of the […]
August 4, 2023
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A Blessing to Be Filled with Good News

May you be enamored today With the goodness of the Good News, Rapt with wonder at The goodness of… What […]
August 3, 2023
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Need Motivation for Evangelism?

Want to be more motivated, More effective, In sharing the Gospel?   Looking for fuel to feel more qualified, More […]
June 23, 2023
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A Blessing to Be a Royal Priest

You’re part of “A royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9)— The priests of the king’s domain, A kingdom of priests. In […]
June 2, 2023
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God in You

  God is in you, Child of God, IN YOU.   “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus From […]
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