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Debbra Stephens

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Remembering the Law

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The...

Where the Lord Provides

We are walking our way through God’s Grand Story, recalling those things He has prepared. And we’re still in Genesis. But such blessings ...

Pondering Prepared Minds

Ponder, it’s a good word. It’s one that lingers long in my thoughts, before it crosses the threshold of my lips. It means to consider som...

Lightly

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light (Rm 13:12). He ...

Gathered in Instruction

We are always learning, aren't we? I often told my kids that they should learn something new every day. I still tell them, even now as ad...

Four L’s for the day . . . any day – but especially today

To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...

A Sure Thing

“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two a...

Hard Stops

Have you ever seen a horse from this angle? I have! Do you know what causes it? You guessed it: hard stops. (Go ahead and chuckle. I know...

An Untossable Faith

I hadn’t been to the beach in years. Until, at long last, we took our first college tour. We were so close—we just had to make the detour...

Word Power for Use

"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name w...

The Undeniable Cost of Faithfulness—A Lesson from the Prophet Jeremiah

It pricks your heart when you realize the depth of suffering the Lord’s servants endured. And yet, they remained faithful to delivering H...

A Psalmistic Life

Life lessons—they’re those things learned from experience. The psalmists shared from their experience many valuable lessons for doing lif...

The Word Reflected

Sometimes a passage of Scripture acts as a mirror. And the glaring image reflecting back is a most familiar image of something I've seen ...

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