Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. — Hebrews 12:1. I love the…

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Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? — Genesis 18:15. I came across God’s question to Abraham the other day. It is a timely reminder to never give up hope. Each of us face impossibilities. I have had a bucketful in my lifetime, but there was never anything beyond God’s power — nothing that would have…

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Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. — John 6:5-6. Today’s lesson reminds us that all things are possible with God. It also reminds me that what seems impossible is merely…

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Do you want to be made well? — John 5:6. Jesus’s question to the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years seems to have an obvious answer — “of course.” Why would anyone answer — “No?” We often have good intentions, but we fail to do what is necessary to return to health. We fail…

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… because the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. — Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King spoke the above words the night before his assassination. That night in…

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