Category Archives: Bible Books

Significant: The Father’s Heart

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” [The LORD said,] “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet … Continue reading

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Significant. Me?: In the Beginning

The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;…”          Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NIV) This week the Lord has laid … Continue reading

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New Year: God Set Free

Boxes are great things. They make it possible for me to send two odd-shaped presents to my grandchild in one postal container! They keep pasta from falling all over the floor as it makes it journey from the store shelf … Continue reading

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New Year: No Fear

During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus … Continue reading

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New Year: Time for Spiritual Health

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and … Continue reading

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New Year: Will it be the same? Or will I make a change?

He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”            Matthew 8:26 (HN) In case I am a little slow, Jesus gives me another reminder that He never speaks carelessly. Jesus says … Continue reading

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The Best Gift I Ever Got

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.           Isaiah 7:14 (WEB) …for all have sinned and fall short of … Continue reading

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Gifts

– Henry Neufeld 1For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles—2you have surely heard how the stewardship of God’s grace, given to me, was for you! — Ephesians 3:1-2 (HN) Paul’s thinking … Continue reading

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God My Savior

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. For he who … Continue reading

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Mary’s Testimony

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s … Continue reading

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