Be where your feet are
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Be where your feet are

Focal verse “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it” (Proverbs 3:27). Reflection Every fall, our town of…

Being present
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Being present

Focal verse “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today” (Matthew 6:34). Reflection We’re thick in the middle of…

Strengthening roots
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Strengthening roots

Focal verse “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the…

We’re in this together
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We’re in this together

Focal verse “Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor” (Romans 12:10). Reflection As the sun set on an unusually warm spring day, our small town…

Practice resurrection
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Practice resurrection

Focal verse “As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians…

The power of staying
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The power of staying

Focal verse “Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray’” (Matthew 26:36). Reflection…

Ordinary beauty in the new year
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Ordinary beauty in the new year

Focal verse “‘Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,’ which means, ‘God is with us’” (Matthew 1:23). Reflection “Can…

Keep dreaming
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Keep dreaming

Focal verse “You show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of…

School pickup prayers
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School pickup prayers

Focal verse “Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18)….

Serve with joy
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Serve with joy

Focal verse “Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received” (1 Peter 4:10). Reflection At our church, fourth…

Change of plans
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Change of plans

Focal verse “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in…