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Bloom where you are planted

  Wherever you are, God has planted you there for a reason and a season.  In your family.  In your neighbourhood.  In your workplace.  At your seniors’ centre.  At school.  In the hospital or clinic.  Playing sports.  On the internet.  God has you where you are for a … Continue reading →

Don’t be afraid

Do not be afraid” said the angel Gabriel to Mary who was troubled by the angel’s previous words of greeting as he appeared to her (see Luke 1:26-38 ESV).  So many times this is God’s message to individuals and to God’s people in general throughout the Bible.  “Do not be afraid.”  … Continue reading →

Be Still

“Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10 ESV).  This short passage of scripture is so easy to commit to memory and so hard to remember to apply in everyday life.  It goes along with “trust in the Lord with all your heart” as a verse that God brings to my attention over and … Continue reading →

Trust in the Lord

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5 NIV).  This has been my theme verse since soon after I opened my heart to Jesus in 1982. After returning to the Lord, I was really struggling with a deluge of questions about everything and anything to … Continue reading →

Receiving God’s love

“This is love: not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 NIV) Love starts with God.  We as creatures made by God must receive everything from God.  It is only because of our fallenness that this is not obvious. We … Continue reading →