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Do You Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth?
What We Can Learn from the Allocation of the Promised Land -- Is it possible that we look a gift horse in the mouth when we receive blessings from God? Don’t be too quick to say, “Ah, no! I would never do that.” We can learn a lot about how people accept God’s blessings by looking at the children of Israel’s responses to how Joshua allocated the Promised Land to them.
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Encouragement When Things Are Not As You Planned
Wait on the Lord and Be of Good Courage -- Recently one of my dear, elderly family members fell and was injured. In order for her to return to her home instead of a nursing home for rehabilitation (which we fervently prayed for due to COVID-19 concerns), God made a way for me to travel from Costa Rica to the United States in order to be with her. He aligned so many things to make this possible, including the timing of her fall and the announcement from the Costa Rica Ministry of Health that the borders of Costa Rica will…
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How to Stabilize Your Frustrating Relationship With God
God’s Remarkable Illustration in the Song of Solomon -- The Song of Solomon. I think it is one of the least read books in the Bible. I recently spoke at a church service about the Song of Solomon. I asked the congregation, “How many of you have read the Song of Solomon?” No one in the room would admit to reading it!