Author Archives: Jody Neufeld

Mothers

What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal … When we were children, we thought and reasoned … Continue reading

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Does God Go On Vacation?

The Lord is our God, and we are his people, the sheep he takes care of in his own pasture. Listen to God’s voice today! 8 Don’t be stubborn and rebel as your ancestors did at Meribah and Massah out … Continue reading

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Let My Light Shine

[Jesus said,] 14 “You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden,15 and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp is placed … Continue reading

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Sin, Plain and Simple

“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14Blessed are … Continue reading

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Grace in the Old Testament

[reprinted from October 4, 2011] “Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” [This is] the declaration of the Lord GOD . “Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so they will not … Continue reading

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Divine Thinking

[reprinted from October 12, 2010] Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go … Continue reading

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Mercy

I pray to you, O Lord, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die. Listen to my prayer for mercy as I cry out to … Continue reading

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Grace – Always and Freely

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be … Continue reading

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God’s Presence – He Lives in Me

Jesus replied: “If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them. But anyone who doesn’t love me, won’t obey me. What they have heard me … Continue reading

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Show Me The Way

[Jesus said,]“I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father. If you had known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, … Continue reading

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