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A Gracious No And A Greater Yes

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

2 Samuel 7:20-24 NKJV 20 Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant. 21 For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all …

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Redeeming Time For The King: How Generosity of Time is an Act of Worship to God

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on May 19, 2025June 2, 2025

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”—Ephesians 5:15–16 (NKJV) What comes to mind when asked, “How do you worship the Lord?” If …

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New Mercies, New Mornings

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on May 19, 2025May 31, 2025

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I hope in Him!’”—Lamentations 3:22–24 (NKJV) …

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Rejoicing in Tribulation

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on May 19, 2025May 30, 2025

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the …

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Marveling at the Majesty of Meekness

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on July 30, 2024August 5, 2024

“Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you say.’ And while He was being accused by …

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Anxieties Exchanged for Assurance

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on March 11, 2024March 12, 2024

Matthew 6:25–34 (ESV) “Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life …

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Called to Truthfulness

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

Matthew 5:33–37 (NKJV) “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ But I say to you, do not …

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The Bride of Christ

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on January 9, 2024December 21, 2023

“That He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.”—Ephesians 5:27 (NKJV) Our modern view of marriage …

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on November 21, 2023November 22, 2023

Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.“ This verse is taken from Jesus’ famous teaching in Matthew Chapters 5-7, called The Sermon on the Mount. The sermon addresses …

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Sexuality And The Simple Life

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on June 17, 2023June 28, 2023

1 Corinthians 7:8-9 “To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is …