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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 […]
March 5, 2024
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The First Born

n Christ, You’re a first-born son. Whether old or young, Male or female, New disciple, Or seasoned saint, Paul’s words […]
March 4, 2024
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A Blessing for the Gifted

You’re gifted, Child of God, You’re gifted. I bless you to know Your gifts, For God to grow Your gifts, […]
March 1, 2024
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The Secret to Blessedness

May you have the heart of a child— Wild and wonderful and free, Laughing and loving and learning, Trusting and […]
June 15, 2022

Forget YOLO

Child of God, You are going to live forever In a new heaven and a new earth.   While the […]
May 31, 2022
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A Blessing to Reject False Gods

I bless your spiritual eyes To recognize The “gods who did not make The heavens and the earth.” (Jer. 10:11) […]
May 18, 2022
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A Clear View

I bless you To be “full of eyes In front and behind.” (Rev. 4:6)   Like the four living creatures […]
April 14, 2022
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The Only Good Kind of Disbelief

There’s only one kind of disbelief That God might like … a little. Only one kind of disbelief That I […]
April 12, 2022
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The Blame Game

It’s a bold blessing to give you, A bold claim to believe:   You’re blameless In Christ.   Don’t blame […]
March 18, 2022
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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 And … […]
March 1, 2022
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A Blessing to Be Overpowered

I bless you to discover God’s benevolent might Like Jeremiah who exclaimed: “You are stronger than I, And you have […]
February 11, 2022

Here Comes the Sun

The sun peaked out in North Carolina this week. Shy. Skittish. But bright.   And then it hid again behind […]
February 2, 2022

Ark-Like Power

I bless you To walk in the power Of the Most High God— A power far beyond The weighty, awesome, […]
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