Tag: god
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A Valentines like no other
“While the world celebrated love, I was trapped, terrified, and losing my baby at the hands of someone I thought I could trust” What devastating words to read. What an awful thing for anyone to face. We are rightly horrified at the Epstein files, but this hits even closer to home. The Letterkenny Circuit Court…
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Most popular Bible Verse 2025?
Every year the Bible app YouVersion releases the verse that people have engaged with most. It’s a fascinating window into what people are reaching for in a world of brokenness. If you’re not familiar with YouVersion—it’s the most downloaded Bible app in the world. It has the Bible in 2390 different languages—many with audio versions…
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The leader we long for
Local author and former election candidate Gerry McKeever’s new book “saving democracy” strikes a chord with what many are feeling, not just nationally but also internationally. Bad government lasts too long, and good government does not last long enough. In today’s world we are increasingly affected by the decisions of other countries. We are still…
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Disability and snow
The snow makes everything look so beautiful, but it can’t get rid of the brokenness. What a delight to have the day off school, but how hard when you can’t go outside to enjoy the snow because you have a disability. You can see and hear others throwing snowballs, sledging, making snowmen and having fun,…
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Medicine for anxious hearts (Zechariah 12-14; Psalm 94; 2 John)
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” (Psalm 94:19) What a beautiful verse, for who doesn’t know the pain of many cares or anxieties of heart? The Psalmist finds relief and even joy amongst all the troubling thoughts in the consolations of the LORD, his stronghold, his rock of…
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Love church? (Ezekiel 37-39; Psalm 87; John 13)
Our readings today help us to love the church where Jesus Christ is Lord. Ezekiel 37 promises that God will give life to dead people and make divided people into one. This is what the Lord Jesus has done for His church. For each of us were dead in our sins, and Jesus made us…
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Where was God when that happened? (Ezekiel 31-33; John 11)
Where was God when that happened? Maybe it’s a question you ask about something you see on the news, or maybe it’s something closer to home, a painful diagnosis, a bereavement, or a relationship breakdown. When we are facing hard times we can wonder where God is and why doesn’t He stop it. It’s a…
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Sin and disability (Ezekiel 25-27; Psalm 85; John 9)
Sometimes people say cruel things. As if living with a long term disability is not hard enough, sometimes people will say that the disability must be as a result of some unconfessed sin. If you could just dig deep enough and find it and confess it, all would be well. How cruel to say such…
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The kindness of God (Obadiah; Jer 40-42; Ps 147; 1 Pet 5)
How kind and gracious our God is! What other God invites His people to cast their anxieties on Him? The gods of religion make demands on their people, place burdens on them, but our God offers to take our burdens of us. Listen to God’s gracious invitation in 1 Peter 5:7 “casting all your anxieties…
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Lamenting loss (Lamentations 1-5; Ps 137; 1 Pet 4)
CS Lewis wrote of his wife’s death – “her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.” Maybe you know a similar all encompassing loss. What do you do when you’re facing such hard times? God in his mercy has given us not only Psalms of lament to sing and pray, but a whole book…
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