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Gift # 4 – Generosity | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift #3 – Relationships. Gift #5 – Dreams →. Gift # 4 Generosity. Looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” Luke 21:1-4. In my job with Young Life Expeditions. You are commen...
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Gift #5 – Dreams | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 4 Generosity. Gift #6 – Compassion →. Gift #5 – Dreams. Winter on Woodside Drive. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Dreams as a gift from God? But God gave us this incredible thing called a brain, and its capacity to dream and imagine is vast. More tha...
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Gift # 27 Home | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 26 – Tradition. Gift # 28 – Self-Control →. Gift # 27 Home. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:18. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2. Home is the nicest word there is. Laura Ingalls Wilder. The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Please hear me say tha...
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Gifts 29 & 30 – Faith part 1 & 2 | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 28 – Self-Control. Gift # 31 – Love →. Gifts 29 and 30 – Faith part 1 & 2. Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie ten Boom. Something to have faith? Belief doesn’t require anything, but biblical faith does. Biblical faith is based in its object. Faith is pointless unless the object of our faith is worthy of our devotion. 8212;———. Photo captured by Hubble Telescope. What if in order to see the vastness of God’...
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Gift # 9 – Humility | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 8 – Rest. Gift #10 – Righteousness →. Gift # 9 – Humility. Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another 1 Peter 5:5. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. CS Lewis. I have a profound respect for people who embody the gift of humility. And those who are boastful and full of themselves? Not so much. (Can you say Kanye? I love David’s response. There’s such a wonderful teachable, trusting spir...
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December | 2013 | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 31 – Love. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me Psalm 42:8 NLT. Note to self: If you want to have loving feelings, do loving things. Anne Lamott. The month of December is bookended with hope and love. As we’re told by Paul in 1 Corinthians Faith, Hope, Lovethe greatest of these is love. In Benghazi, Libya. Anita publicly wrote a letter of love. May you each know much more of God’s immeasurable love in the coming days.
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Gift # 26 – Tradition | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gfit # 25 – Jesus. Gift # 27 Home →. Gift # 26 – Tradition. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. Psalm 78:4. When my boys are asked what Christmas traditions does our family hold, they often respond with varying answers. Sometimes they’ll say going to church on Christmas Eve; other times they’ll answer, watching. So my true ...
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Gift # 28 – Self-Control | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 27 Home. Gifts 29 and 30 – Faith part 1 & 2 →. Gift # 28 – Self-Control. Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. Thucydides. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7. 8220;With self-discipline most anything is possible.” Theodore Roosevelt. It’s the month where self-control and discipline go on hiatus. Follo...
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Gfit # 25 – Jesus | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift #24 – Joy. Gift # 26 – Tradition →. Gfit # 25 – Jesus. Merry Christmas one and all! Is there no greater gift of all time than the gift of Jesus, God’s one and only son? He is everything good and pure and holy and yet he is indescribable. But we try so humbly to wrap our brain around who he is to each of us. And here is our feeble and heartfelt attempt to describe the greatest gift to each of us in all of human history. Gift #24 – Joy.
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Gift # 8 – Rest | 31 Gifts From God
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31 Gifts From God. God's Gifts to Us – One a Day in December. Gift # 7 – Strength. Gift # 9 – Humility →. Gift # 8 – Rest. Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest. Mark Buchanan. All life requires a rhythm of rest. . . Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10. When we lived in New England, winter nights were long. The sun would set around 4pm. It took some getting used to but I actually miss those long winter nights! We all learned that you can work...
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