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Glory in the Ordinary: Finding God’s Beauty in Life’s Simplicity

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on May 19, 2025June 4, 2025

“Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, ‘What shall we do with the ark of the …

Devotionals

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) …

Devotionals

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 …

Devotionals

Wait on the Lord: From The Pit To Praise

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on May 19, 2025May 22, 2025

“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon …

Devotionals

The Path to God’s Forgiveness

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

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, …

Devotionals

Guilty as Barabbas: Grace for the Undeserving

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on July 30, 2024August 6, 2024

“Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. Therefore, when they had gathered together, …

Devotionals

Beholding Faith

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

“Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, ‘Have mercy on me, …

Devotionals

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 …

Devotionals

Internal Dialogue Matters

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on October 21, 2023November 2, 2023

Luke 2:36-38 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; …

Poetry

Transformation At The Hands Of The King

by Debra Marsalisiupdated on June 18, 2023June 30, 2023

Once battered and broken Licking my wounds Now redeemed and reborn Attuned and in bloom. Once hungry and seeking Groping for more Now complete satisfaction Fulfillment restored. Once inadequate and striving Working for love Now …