Christian Living on Sun

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Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 46:10, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 8:24-25, Psalm 27:13-14, 2 Corinthians 5:7

I believe in the sun though it is late in rising. I believe in love though it is absent. I believe in God though He is silent.

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Following Jesus Requires Real Commitment

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Bradley Long

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Proverbs 3:5-8, Matthew 22:37, Romans 12:1-2, Luke 14:26-27, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 16:13, Mark 12:30, John 14:15, Matthew 16:24-26, Luke 9:59-62, Matthew 6:24, Hebrews 11:13-16, Hebrews 10:38-39, Matthew 6:33-34, Matthew 10:37-39

What are you willing to do for love? An instructor for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course shared with a class the major hang-up he had to get over before asking his wife to ma...

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Doubting Saved My Faith

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Travis Dickinson

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Psalm 34:4, Hebrews 11:1, John 20:27, Matthew 14:31, James 1:5-6, Mark 9:24

Many Christians are terrified of doubting their faith. We avoid questions and challenges in favor of keeping things comfortable and familiar. We worry that if we open ourselves up to the possibility o...

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Blaise Pascal

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Isaiah 42:16, Psalm 27:1, 2 Corinthians 4:6, John 8:12, Hebrews 11:1, 1 John 1:7, John 12:46

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

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Sad Will Be The Day

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Phillips Brooks

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Ecclesiastes 3:11, 2 Timothy 4:7, Hebrews 11:16, Psalm 42:1, Isaiah 6:8, Romans 12:2, Philippians 3:14

Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever bea...

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Heavenly Father, You provide shelter

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Austin D. Hill

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Psalm 46:, Isaiah 25:4, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 89:1-4, Ephesians 3:17-19, Hebrews 11:

Heavenly Father, You provide shelter, comfort, and hope to us. We lift our praises to You this morning, for Your faithfulness inspires belief in us. Your limitless love reveals more of You to us day b...

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Let us Trust Our Own Moments of Vision

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Prince

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1 Peter 1:8-9, Romans 8:24-25, John 20:29, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 40:31, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7

I remember once near Interlaken waiting for days to see the Jungfrau which was hidden in mists. People told me it was there, and I should have been a fool to doubt their word, for those who told me li...

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Ken Untener

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1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Hebrews 11:13, Galatians 6:9, Philippians 1:6

"Oscar Romero's Prayer" It helps, now and then,to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime onl...

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Fredrick Langbridge

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2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Hebrews 11:1, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 5:3-5, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 42:11, Philippians 4:8

Because of this we have hope: Two men look out through the same bars One sees mud, one sees stars.

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Losing Everything

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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1 Corinthians 3:15, Philippians 3:5-11, Matthew 19:16-30, John 12:20-26, Mark 8:27-38, Hebrews 11:1, Jeremiah 29:11

A ship went down in a storm, and only one man survived. He was fortunate enough to land on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. With just a few items in his pocket, he was able to build a small...

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Oscar A. Romero

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Ephesians 2:10, Romans 8:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Isaiah 55:8-9, Hebrews 11:33

It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. . . . We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiah...

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The Absence of Success

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Bruce Larson

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Hebrews 11:13, John 15:15-16, Isaiah 6:8, Galatians 6:9, Exodus 4:10-12, 2 Timothy 1:9, 1 Corinthians 1:26-27

Quite often the absence of immediate success is the mark of a genuine call., My Creator, My friend.

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Prayer for Holy Saturday

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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Psalm 46:10, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 8:24-25, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 40:31

There are so many things we do not understand⁠ So many ways we long for change and closure⁠ Help us to trust you⁠ even when the situation is desperate and out of control⁠ Help us to follow you⁠ even...

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Romans 5:3-5, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 42:11, Jeremiah 29:11, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Romans 8:24-25, Isaiah 40:31

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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Generous Lord Jesus, We confess that we

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Jacob Traeger

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Ephesians 4:32, Hebrews 11:1, Luke 6:38, James 1:18-20, Matthew 9:36

Generous Lord Jesus We confess that we do not receive others with compassion. We object to being interrupted And respond with anger or frustration. We confess that we do not share generously Not trus...

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Jennie Allen

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Hebrews 11:1, Romans 15:13, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 5:3-5, Lamentations 3:21-23

Doubt steals hope. And with no hope, everything that matters doesn’t feel as important anymore.

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Malcolm Muggeridge

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Colossians 3:2, Isaiah 65:17, Revelation 21:1-2, Philippians 3:20, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Hebrews 11:10

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because i...

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Plus Ultra: There is more Beyond

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The Pastor's Workshop

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1 Corinthians 2:9, John 10:10, Hebrews 11:8-10, Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 3:20-21, Isaiah 43:18-19, Psalm 16:11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, many believed the world ended somewhere beyond Gibraltar, reflected in Spain’s royal motto: “Ne Plus Ultra,” meaning, “there is no more beyond.” But when Columb...

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Lord, sometimes it’s so difficult to

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Austin D. Hill

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Ephesians 3:20, Romans 4:20-21, Matthew 21:21, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Philippians 4:13, Hebrews 11:1, John 14:12

Lord, sometimes it’s so difficult to place our trust in you. You make incredible promises to us in your word. You say that through your power, we’ll be able to do even greater things than Jesus did in...

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Oswald Chambers

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Hebrews 11:8, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 32:8, Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 42:16, John 10:28-28, Romans 8:28

Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.

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Flannery O'Connor

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Psalm 46:10, John 20:29, Psalm 23:4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 50:10, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Hebrews 11:1

People...think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross...You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don’t expect faith to clea...

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C. S. Lewis

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2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 1:21, Revelation 2:10, Acts 7:59-60, Hebrews 11:35-38, Luke 22:42

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

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C. S. Lewis

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Philippians 4:13, 1 Peter 2:9, Colossians 3:10, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20, Romans 10:9

We are what we believe we are.

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Dear Lord, we come before You today as

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Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

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Genesis 1:27-28, Psalm 104:24-25, Romans 8:14-16, 1 John 3:1-3, Genesis 1:1-31, Hebrews 11:3, John 1:1-3

Dear Lord, we come before You today as Your children. We praise You as the God of all creation and the giver of life. You have made us, saved us, and called us to be Your people and to serve in Your K...

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Langston Hughes

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Ephesians 3:20, Psalm 126:5, Isaiah 40:31, Hebrews 11:1, Philippians 4:13, Psalm 37:4

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

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Abraham J. Heschel

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Isaiah 55:6, Psalm 63:1, Romans 12:11-12, Psalm 42:1-2, Hebrews 11:6

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind—these are all a dr...

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Richard Sibbes

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Colossians 3:2, Philippians 3:20, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 11:13-16, Matthew 6:19-21, 1 John 2:15-16, Luke 12:33-34, Luke 18:22, Matthew 19:21

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

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Alicia Akins

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Psalm 139:7-10, Isaiah 41:10, John 3:8, Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Psalm 66:10-12

We can rest knowing the Lord’s presence transcends what we feel. Just like the flow of the air, he is moving even if his movements cannot be perceived. And where God is not just felt but known, faith ...

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The Newspaper Ad

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John 15:18-20, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Luke 14:27-28, Revelation 2:10, Philippians 1:29, Hebrews 11:35-38

Early in the 20th century a London newspaper carried an advertisement that read: “Men wanted for hazardous darkness, and constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success...

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Psalm 119: 176 Steps to Heaven

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Calvin Miller

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Psalm 119:, Isaiah 35:8, Hebrews 11:13-16, Psalm 137:1, Revelation 21:2

I have chosen to focus on this psalm [119] because it formed the important center of Celtic praise. In Ireland it was once referred to as The Biait . The word comes from Psalm 119: 1, which begins B...

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