Sacrificial Love

The great American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. preached one of his most moving sermons, Loving Your Enemies, while he was in jail. He had been imprisoned for daring to suggest that African Americans should have the same rights as other Americans. During his lifetime he received countless death threats, was maliciously accused of being a communist, was jailed over 20 times, and his house was bombed. Yet, in this sermon, he said, “hate multiplies hate…in a descending spiral of violence” and is “just as injurious to the person who hates” as it is to their victim. However, “love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend” for it has “creative” and “redemptive” power.[1]


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I Am The Vine

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.  James Hudson Taylor.

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Finding Peace

How do you define peace? Is peace the absence of conflict? Is peace an emotion? Is peace a state of mind?


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Answered Prayer

“We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.” ― Corrie ten Boom

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The House of Many Rooms

When you think of big houses you might think of Bill Gates, Donald Trump or Richard Branson. You might even think bigger like Buckingham Palace with 775 rooms and 830,000 square feet of living space. Yet all of these are nothing compared to the dwelling place of God.

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