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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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God’s Unwavering Presence - March 6, 2019

March 6, 2019

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent when we focus on reflection, fasting, and prayer. Many Christians choose to fast during Lent. It has also been a custom...

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God’s Unwavering Presence - March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019

“You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress; my God, in...

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God’s Unwavering Presence - March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019

In the book of Deuteronomy, we read over and over again about the land God promises to God’s people. Trusting that promise, they leave the nation where they have been foreigners...

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A Noticeable Difference - March 3, 2019

March 3, 2019

In today’s text Paul uses Moses’ veil as a metaphor for the lack of spiritual understanding outside of a relationship with God through Jesus. Paul writes that the purpose of Moses’...

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A Noticeable Difference - March 2, 2019

March 2, 2019

As a little boy walking with my mom and dad through the county fair, I’d see men standing at the entrance to tents trying to entice people to enter. It might...

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A Noticeable Difference - March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019

If the mountain in this story is Mount Hermon, as many believe, it requires a long climb, probably high enough to where there may be snow on the ground. When they...

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A Noticeable Difference - February 28, 2019

February 28, 2019

God invites us to join in God’s mission to the world. For some, that invitation is to vocational ministry. For most, it is an invitation to ministries for which they are...

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A Noticeable Difference - February 27, 2019

February 27, 2019

The night I rode out Hurricane Isabel I felt the earth shake. Historic, majestic, seemingly indestructible trees bowed before their Creator, and the wind declared a power far greater than its...

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A Noticeable Difference - February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019

Moses glows. Not like someone on his or her wedding day. Not like someone who just won America’s Got Talent. But like someone who has just been with the All-Powerful Master...

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A Noticeable Difference - February 25, 2019

February 25, 2019

Moses’ face is glowing. Not the glow one gets after too much sun. Or when one is embarrassed or in love. But mysteriously radiant. We shouldn’t be surprised. After all, Moses...

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