Category Archives: Religion/Faith

Compassion

Posted on May 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, … Continue reading →

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Take All of Me

Posted on May 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

“If (we) hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source–our living Savior. He is real. He is present. But all too often we reduce him to an abstraction, giving him … Continue reading →

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Thank God for Trials?

Posted on May 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Consider it all joy when you fall into various trials, because the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may become mature and complete, not lacking in anything.” ~James 1:2-4 Thought for … Continue reading →

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Kindle the Flame

Posted on May 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

“If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.” ~John Bunyan ∗

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Becoming Complete

Posted on May 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

There’s a paradox in Jesus’ teachings: Again and again he tells me that what I want I must give. But I don’t have it to give because I am incomplete. So what must I do? I must let him invade … Continue reading →

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It’s His Kindness

Posted on April 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

Most people think it’s the other way around. Aren’t you glad God disagrees? “When you, a mere human being, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you disregard … Continue reading →

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Change a Life

Posted on April 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear Fellow Believer, Just a reminder that Jesus never called us to “witness” to others. He called us to be his witnesses.* And not just on Sundays, but 365 days a year. It’s who we are that matters, and who … Continue reading →

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Listen to Your Creator

Posted on April 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

“God will be gracious at the sound of your cry. When he hears, he will answer you…and whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: This is the way–walk in … Continue reading →

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Two Things

Posted on April 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

The first is greater than I can bear to think. And the latter is greater than I dare to hope. “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” ~John 15:13 ∞

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He Is Risen!

Posted on March 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

He is risen in me! “For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God … Continue reading →

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