Messages of Hope by Marlene McKenna
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Grace, the Final Frontier
“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” Acts 20:24 One of the most difficult things to comprehend as a Christian is that Christ is in me. In my frail…
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Mama Bear
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.” Jeremiah 17:7 During a recent hike through the mountains of North Carolina I saw a mama bear and her cub, two deer, a family of turkeys, a chipmunk and several butterflies dressed in vibrant cornflower blue with black trim. I felt…
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True Love, True Life
“This conversion from death to life is palpable and you will experience God in the same way a lifeless seed, when planted in fertile soil, watered, and exposed to the sun bursts forth into new life. ”
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O Death!
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 My friend is hurting. The sudden loss of her beloved husband of twenty-five years on May 5th, 2017 to complication from brain cancer has left a void that can only be filled by God’s grace. She and her five children…
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Look Up
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 Imagine a well-lit stadium full of enthusiastic believers before a Casting Crown’s concert. Now imagine a “no sense of direction” me trying to find my seat in a sea of people when finally, an usher brings me to “my” seat…
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What to Wear
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in…
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