Day 16, March 21
Just after college, Karl and Vanderlene Uebelhoer moved to Brazil to minister to “street children.” Even after they returned to the United States…
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Most people know the idiom “blood is thicker than water,” which is taken to mean familial ties are stronger than all others.
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In his letter to the Colossians, Paul describes Jesus as the “firstborn over all creation” (1:15). Paul did not mean this in the sense that Jesus was…
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The origin of the word excruciating comes from the Latin root, crux, as in cross. Death by crucifixion is so painful that a word was created…
Continue ReadingDay 12, March 17—Sabbath
Each Sunday during Lent, give yourself permission to reflect on all God has been speaking to you through His Word over the prior week.
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As a child, Amy Carmichael wanted blue eyes rather than the brown eyes God gave her. She even prayed for God to change them for her.
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If you were like most children, when you were young you were well acquainted with what the world looks like when flipped upside-down…
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As people, we love to organize things into categories. It helps us to make sense of the world around us. One of the ways we do this is by organizing…
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