faith

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It Will Be Worth It All, When We See Jesus!

On a recent trip, my husband and I kept reminding one another that the challenges traveling brings, primarily with increased chronic pain symptoms, are #worthit. Making memories and seeing loved ones face-to-face have far outweighed the discomforts of travel.  Beloved in Christ, seeing Jesus as He is, face-to-face (1 Jn. Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Lord, replace my thoughts…with Your “instead of” blessing

Lord Jesus, Messiah and King, Great God! from thee there’s nought concealed, Thou seest my inward frame; To thee I always stand revealed Exactly as I am. (“Access to God in Christ,” Newton, J., p.d. Sing to the tune of “Joy to the World!”) You see my suffering, You see Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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A needed day of Selah in the Psalms, with Jesus

Selah: Pause and calmly think of that (AMPC) In music, selah is part of the song of our short, vaporous, earthly lives (Ps 39:4-5) The needed pause. A deep breath for the next long phrase. The conductor cuts the sound off into quiet. Release. Lift up the hand from the keys, the Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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God promises to give me endurance and strength! Abundant life!

Holy God and loving Father, this is one of Your most lavish promises to me as I suffer: This is Your promised abundant life, Your promised endurance and strength! When Jesus tells us He came so that we might have abundant life (Jn. 10:10),  I realize that Your promise to Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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My richest gain, I count but loss, Lord of love

Downsizing fifteen minutes at a time this summer, going through bins and boxes of artifacts and mementos saved from childhood, I saw progressions of meaning in what I valued most.  What I “worshipped.” So many idols.  Yet I also see that God was loving me, drawing me to Himself before Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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In the loneliness pit? Christian, we’re never, ever alone!

I thank God for the new creative team of Singing Christ’s Hope, made up of sisters in Christ, subscribers who understand. Like Jenise, who shares today… Have you ever felt alone? Utterly alone? Believe me, I’ve been in what I call the “loneliness pit.” I felt trapped, and I saw Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Praying for sufficient grace to move forward

Lord God Almighty, Elijah wanted people to know that You alone are God (1 Kgs. 18). You performed an amazing miracle… and they knew. Your miracles reveal who You are. They all point us to Your greatest miracle, making us new creations in Christ Jesus, all Your grace (2 Cor. Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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Thy will be done: Jesus’ prayer as we suffer

“Mommy, put my favorite song on!” Knowing what our young granddaughter endured recently, grieving far more suffering and sudden death than many little ones, my Nana heart dissolved.  Tears of grief became tears of gratitude.  Our Lord had been answering my prayers all along, for my children and their children Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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When a daunting change lies before us

Are you staring toward a new and daunting change, a needed unknown? Something that seems far beyond your capacity to handle it? Our Lord just carried me through one as we quickly downsized from a three-story house to a one-floor apartment, and at times it felt like crossing the Jordan Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago
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What’s our song? A sovereign Protector I have

I’m dancing and leaping and praising God as I humbly thank Him for His healing, compassionate mercy. Another cancer scare ended today as the incredulous doctor twinkled, “It’s gone! It was there…and it’s gone!” A few days prior, I’d felt a warm compression on that very area, like someone pushing Read more

By Lauri Hogle, ago

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