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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 8, 2024
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Peace with God

I bless you today with the peace that matters most— Peace with God. It’s the peace proclaimed in Romans 5:1: […]
March 7, 2024
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Awaken!

Eyes of the heart, Be blessed to open wide And see!   To see the hope To which He has […]
March 6, 2024
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Chosen

You’ve been chosen In Christ Before the foundation Of the world. (Eph 1:4) This isn’t wooden fatalism— This is a […]
January 8, 2024
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You’re In His Hands

Join Jeremiah At the Potter’s house And watch the Artist At His wheel. Ordinary clay— Some moistened dirt— Whirling about […]
January 4, 2024
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A Blessing to Stay New

I bless your spirit To rejoice in the New that doesn’t Get old. When the ball Has dropped And the […]
January 1, 2024
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God is FOR You!

I bless you to rest and revel In the assurance of Romans 8: “God is for you”— Unreservedly, unconditionally for […]
December 12, 2023
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A Blessing for the Impossible

“How …?” Lips quivering, Eyes squinting, The teenaged girl Queries the resplendent creature. “How can this be?”, Mary needs an […]
November 30, 2023
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The Immanuel Blessing

Receive The promise from Isaiah’s pen, The prophecy of the coming King, The power of the Incarnation foretold: “Behold the […]
November 20, 2023
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Just … Wow

  May the wonders of the Gospel And the glory of Christ And the depths of His riches Cause your […]
October 12, 2023
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The Path to Lasting Hope

Hope comes by a process. It isn’t listed in the Galatians 5 fruit of the Spirit. It isn’t mentioned in […]
September 5, 2023
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When Life Doesn’t Feel Right

If some things don’t feel “right,” May you know the fullness Of the forgiveness that you’ve Freely received in Jesus. […]
July 31, 2023
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What Christ Put to an End

May you find strength In the finished work of Christ To keep facing All that is unfinished In the work […]
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