ENCOURAGEMENT

IN TROUBLED TIMES

During this time of uncertainty, worry, and stress we are trying to be a non-anxious presence in our community. One way we are doing this is by providing daily devotions to help ground us in the encouragement we find in the Word of God, the presence of the Holy Spirit and connection to our community.

Let’s Get This Bread

Devotion: 2 Corinthians 9:9-11 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.” Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the...

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Who’s Influence?

Verse: 2 Corinthians 7:2-4 2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with...

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Are You Yoking??

Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in...

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Those Who Are Blind

Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Devotion At first this verse sounds pretty discouraging. Rather than viewing...

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What’s Your Next Step?

Verse: Hebrews 6:1-3 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, 2 instruction about cleansing rites, the laying...

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God’s Ever Present Comfort

Verses2 Corinthians 1: 3-4  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troublesDevotionMy Bible study today was on God’s ever present comfort.  And I thought, “Whew, I could...

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God’s Opportunities

Verses2 Co 2:12I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me…DevotionAfter all this time when we have been asked to stay at home and stay inside, it seems like some doors are starting to open. We hear about...

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Is This My Mess To Carry?

Verses"So here’s what I’ve learned through it all:Leave all your cares and anxieties at the feet of the Lord,and measureless grace will strengthen you." Psalm 55:22DevotionI was walking up the stairs in my house the other day, and passed a pair of dirty socks...

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Jesus and the Ark

Verses Genesis 7:1 says, “The Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family…”DevotionGod does not promise us lives that are free from hardship, trials, or storms, but he does promise to never leave us for forsake us. I have homeschooled for...

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FOMO No More

VersesJohn 10:10 I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.DevotionHow do you react, after a hard day of working from home and helping the kids with their school work, to a Facebook post of your friends all out for a walk together smiling and laughing?...

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