• Still Small Voice

    The Healing Balm

    Cover, cover yourself with the warmth of My embrace. The winds of this world can be cold and bitter. But My embrace and words are a sweetness and a comfort for you. Come alongside Me and walk with Me. The fire from My blazing love…

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  • Still Small Voice

    Windows of Heaven

    I am opening the windows of heaven to pour down blessings to all My faithful children. Just believe and stretch forth your hands and fill all your baskets with My love. Fill all your baskets to overflow and feed the nations the manna from heaven.…

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  • Devotional

    Secrets of the Redwood Forest (Strong Roots)

    The coastal redwoods, found mostly in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, are the tallest trees on Earth. The secret that upholds these giant trees is found in their roots. They only go 6-12 feet deep but extend up to 100 feet wide and interlock with…

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  • Bible Study

    Lessons from a Dodo

    The dodo bird is extinct. So, what can I say about a flightless, homely-looking bird that isn’t around anymore? It couldn’t soar like the eagle due to its stubby, powerless wings and it couldn’t even strut around proud as a peacock covered with gray down…

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  • Still Small Voice

    Shalom, My Daughter

    Look to me —the King of Glory; the One with balm in His hands. The One who heals all wounds. Release your hurt into My hands and I will guard your heart with mine. Surrender your pain and trust Me with it. Let go of…

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  • Devotional

    No Other Substitute Will Do

    For the past several years I’ve been a case manager at a correctional halfway house with countless federal offenders who leave their respective prisons from all over the United States, enter our facility for a time, and exit into society—our shared community. Each individual man…

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  • Devotional

    Prisoner of Hope

    I’ve realized that sometimes when you’re doing a good thing, the enemy throws a monkey wrench to mess things up, and sometimes it just feels like he throws a torpedo at us, right? Like it comes out of left field and we’re blindsided. So for…

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  • Devotional

    Son-rising

    We are overwhelmingly aware of all sorts of things. Today’s technological advances have aided the delivery of despairing news from all around the world—tragedies, threats of war, and terrorism that attempt to consume us. It camps in our mind, affects our behaviors and influences our…

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  • Devotional

    Leaves of Stone

    I decided to get a little exercise in by raking a trillion leaves that we clearly didn’t make time for. They were still rather damp from the rains from a few days back, so the raking was more difficult with the added weight. As I…

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  • Devotional

    The Feminine Plural

    Many women feel less than, as if they lack something that will give them value. They may be estranged from their family, single or divorced, abused, infertile, lonely, or voiceless. They compare themselves to other women or men around them and all they can see is…

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