Discerning God’s Voice

Discerning God’s Voice

Just as God loves us and knows us better than we know ourselves, He desires for us to know Him intimately too. The Holy Spirit serves as our modern-day guide (John 15:26). As we saw with God’s presence in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, God is highly relational....

Understanding God’s Goodness

Understanding God’s Goodness

One of the characteristics of God is that He is good. When the rich young man approaches Jesus in Matthew chapter 19, He asks what good deeds he must do to have eternal life. And Jesus responds in part by saying there is only “one who is good” (v17). This is God....

A Penny

A Penny

A husband and wife were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. The wife was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house. The first day and evening went well, and...

The Pencil Story

The Pencil Story

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked: "Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?" His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson: "I am writing about you, actually, but more...

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The Gift Beyond Imagination (2)

The Gift Beyond Imagination (2)

Finally, about a week into summer, the tiny plant poked its head above the soil and drank in the rays of sunlight. Every day, it grew taller and stronger as Mary Em cared for it. The small plant quickly grew and soon bloomed into a beautiful red poppy, just like the...

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The Gift Beyond Imagination (1)

The Gift Beyond Imagination (1)

The gift was simple…the gift was small… But the promise it held was larger than life! What made it so special was that it was a gift from Mary Em’s grandmother. Gram had wrapped it in a beautiful scrap of red silk scarf. Mary Em rushed to open it, but when the gift...

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God & the Spider

God & the Spider

During World War II, a US Marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific Island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire, he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction....

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The Legend of the Sand Dollar

The Legend of the Sand Dollar

There's a pretty little legend that I would like to tell of the birth and death of Jesus, found in this lowly shell. If you examine closely, you'll see that you find here four nail holes and a fifth one made by a Roman's Spear. On one side, the Easter Lily, its centre...

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Declaring God’s Unconditional Love

Declaring God’s Unconditional Love

I am already loved—even when I mess up, God still loves me. God's love is unchanging. I cannot earn more of God's love, and I can't be disqualified from receiving His love. God's love doesn't lesson, or increase based on what I do or don't do. God's love is...

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