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Peace Within Your Borders

He makes peace within your borders. (Psalm 147:14)

When life comes at you at every turn and situations arise to try and defeat you, hang on to God’s word. He is faithful. When temptations are jetted at you from the enemy, allow it only to remind you of what Jesus has already delivered you from. As children
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In Transit

O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me. O Lord You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (Psalm 30:2,3)

We are fearfully and wonderfully made by the Lord Himself. He has crafted us after His own
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Progress In Pain

You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space. 10 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am in distress; affliction is wearing down my eyes, my throat and my insides.11 My life is worn out by sorrow, and my years by sighing. My strength fails in my
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Warrior Of All Warriors

For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. (Isaiah 59:17)

God always gives us His very best. That which is His own. The scripture tells us that Jesus put on His armor and He gives us the same armor to put on ourselves so that we are equipped through Him
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Hope for Your Future

That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:7)

The Lord wants to encourage you today. He wants to remind you that this present moment on this earth is just that, a moment. The time we have here is so
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Like A Signet Ring

“I will make you like a signet ring for I have chosen you”, says the Lord. (Haggai 2:23)

Do you ever feel as though you have a bull’s eye on your life? Ever notice that at times you think that Murphy’s law is reality? Here is why. You are chosen! You are a visible threat to
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A Gardener’s Calling

Jesus said to her,”Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener said,”If you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him and I will get Him.” (John 20:15)

Isn’t it amazing that the first person to see Jesus after His resurrection addressed Him as the gardener.
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His Rod And His Staff

Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)

The rod of correction is much ignored by Christians as they take the message of grace to the extreme. God’s grace is not given so we can feel no conviction if we are living in sin, it is to show us His love through those times
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Upon Him

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:5)

So many don’t realize that Jesus was brutally punished in every way for our own peace. When Jesus took upon Himself the agony that was due us, He paid the price so that we would benefit from it. He received what we deserved so that
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His Presence

Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)

How often this scripture is spoken to ease the concerns and pains we feel as we walk out this life journey. There is, however not only a need for this word in trouble, but also in times of joy. Sometimes when we are in a state of
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He Increases Strength

He gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might He increases strength. (Isaiah 40:29)

It is not a bad place to be in when you find that your power and might are gone. We can clearly see that through this walk of faith we are part of, that God is our refuge and
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To Deliver You

They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you says the Lord to deliver you. (Jer. 1:19)

We clearly know that the enemy will fight against us, but we have a precious promise in knowing that God Himself will deliver us! We need never be afraid of being
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In Good Company

Then Jacob was left alone, and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. (Genesis 32:24)

Loneliness can be viewed as an enemy, when in fact, it is often the road to an encounter with Jesus. In the book of Joshua it tells of how Joshua was alone when the Lord came to him.
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When You Are In Trouble

Have mercy upon me oh Lord for I am in trouble. (Psalm 31:9)
In the darkest of night the light shines the brightest. It seems that in the deepest of despair, that hope displays greater. It seems that in trials that victory shouts louder. It seems that when tears are heavy, that joy in abundance is
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Lies Or Truth?

“Save me, O God, For the floodwaters are up to my neck. Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can’t find a foothold. I am in deep water, And the floods overwhelm me.” (Psalm 69:1-2)

In this Psalm, we hear David crying out to God. He is not literally in a flood but rather
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