Are you living a generous life? “And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity” (2 Corinthians 8:1, 2). The people in my house love math. Complex mathematical equations are fun...... >Read More

Tags: bills, Corinthians, extreme poverty, generosity, God, grace, Macedonia, Macedonian churches, mathematical equations, paul, Suzanne Benner

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Can we pray for you today? “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16) If I asked you to identify any conflict in your life that is concerning you today, who or what jumps to your mind? There is... >Read More

Tags: ashes, children, conflict, gail rodgers, grace, manipulation, Memories, opportunity, prayer, soul, wounded heart

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Can we pray for you? Your weakness is the very entry point of God's strength. Invite Him into your weak places today and watch the truth of His word become real. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). “As a man thinks in his heart, so he is” (Proverbs 23:7). Thank you,...... >Read More

Tags: confident, gail rodgers, grace, help, hope, power, truth, weak places, weakness

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Do you find grace hard to accept? Talk to a mentor. “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole” (Isaiah 53:5, Amplified Bible). A child called to the...... >Read More

Tags: Bancroft, curfew, glory, grace, lamb, Marilyn Ehle, penalty, priest, principal’s office, punishment, satan, transgressions

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Do you struggle with self-worth and feelings of inadequacy? Talk to a mentor today. “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy” (Titus 3:4, 5). I do a lot of things. Errands, baking, making meals, driving kids to activities, writing,...... >Read More

Tags: character, forgiveness, God, grace, love, mercy, righteous, sacrifice, sin, Suzanne Benner

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Do you feel pressure to be perfect? You can confront the fears of perfectionism. “Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness” (2 Corinthians 9:10). Although few people nowadays grow their own food or earn their living from...... >Read More

Tags: Bible, disciples, farming, feed the hungry, good news, grace, land, raw material, salvation, share, Suzanne Benner

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Are you tired of living a defeated Christian life? “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers” (Ephesians 4:29). For the past 10 days, I have been contemplating God’s grace to us and how we, in turn can extend grace to... >Read More

Tags: Christian, communication, corrupt, defeated, forgive, grace, katherine j. kehler, Putting a Face on Grace, Richard Blackaby, Spirit

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