For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure, (Philippians 2:13)...
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:5....
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing, (John 15:5)....
Dear Faith Family, Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord, (Deuteronomy 8:3). Words mean things. Right? Our contemporary culture seems less likely to believe that statement and maybe less likely to care whether it is true or not. I'm not even sure that we have the capacity to understand the ramifications of no ...
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Dear Faith Family, I will never leave you nor forsake you, (Hebrews 13:5). As the sun began to tuck itself into the mountain before us, its light increasingly dissipated from the mountains behind. At 5826 feet above sea level, Round Bald (Roan Mountain, TN.) accommodated our bleachers' seats. Looking back toward Sugar Mountain, the shadows had already begun to envelope i...
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Dear Faith Family, We love because He first loved us, (1 John 4:19). Love is a reaction. There, I said it. But I do not think that means what you think it means! Let me explain. We are often reactionary people, right? The alarm clock (or phone) goes off and we react. You know with, "Wow, it's another great day to be alive!" or with, "Where am I?" or maybe our hand reacts...
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"Who Are You?" Dear Faith Family, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age, (Matthew 28:19-20). "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." Kathryn Stockett penned those ...
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