Abundant Gifts

Do you know what the central verse in the Bible is?
I didn’t.
Now I do, and if you can extrapolate that perhaps the central verse of the whole Bible might be the one thing God wants us to “get,” then it’s worth knowing, even memorizing.
Enjoy!

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I admit:  Summer is not my favorite season.
Not when it’s so hot and humid there are heat warnings. When I dread the relief of thunderstorms because most all of them all summer have meant water in the house and power outages that keep us bailing our sump pump and spending the weekends at Home Depot [...]

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When you’re tired and overwhelmed by the news and all the havoc human being are wreaking in the world, come back here and view this. Be reminded that this is God’s world, and indeed, where he’s at work, “It’s a Wonderful World.”

Let the images and song linger … and become a mental break after listening [...]

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I have been quietly testing something amazing for nearly three years …
Three years I’ve kept quiet about it because–well, when something seems too good to be true, invariably it is.
Except in this case.
(The only other two things I’ve found to be “too good to be true”–yet do work–are Cold Eeze and Tide2Go stain remover.)
So for [...]

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Is there actual scientific evidence that God exists?
You get to decide, when you sign up for next week’s Virtual Tour with Dr. Stephen Meyer. You even get to ask Dr. Meyer a question!
This is rare access to someone who speaks all over the world and is a recognized voice in the scientific [...]

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Today, Good Friday, I can’t help but think of this scripture, so applicable to the reason for this email: “Yet it was our sicknesses he carried, it was our diseases that weighed him down….”(Isaiah 53:4a)
The gift of health is something I believe God wants for us. While we may never experience it totally in this [...]

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I just received word that my Compassion child in Haiti, St. Hilaire Germima, survived the earthquake without injury, but her father was injured and the house damaged Not destroyed–they can still live there–but damaged.
I don’t know more details. Please pray for them, for the Compassion staff (and other relief workers), and [...]

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The roads were icy, so I looked down as I trudged along on my usual morning walk.
Our roads are a mess here. Many cracks, many potholes. This snowy, icy winter has added even more damage.
As I walked, I suddenly stopped.  Something caught my eye.
The shape of a particular crack arrested me. It looked just like [...]

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I got word from Compassion International that the area in Haiti where my child, St. Hilaire Germima, lives was “moderately affected” and no deaths reported. Thank God! And thanks to all who prayed for this dear child and her family. I am so relieved they are as safe as can be expected under the circumstances. [...]

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For all my working life, starting when I graduated college, I’ve sponsored a child in Haiti with Compassion. In January 1990, I even had the privilege of visiting my child (a different one than I currently sponsor), along with author Janette Oke, Compassion President Wes Stafford, and others. It was an unforgettable trip.
Perhaps the most [...]

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