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Words Can Heal

Diane Reid

Gracious words are a honeycomb,    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 We have probably all heard the expression that sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. We probably all know that isn’t true. Words can hurt, oftentimes more than sticks and stones. According to this verse written by Solomon, words can also heal. Here, gracious words are described as sweet to our soul and healing to our bones. Gracious words would be words that deliver compassion, encouragement and are uplifting to the hearer. It is all to easy in our … Continue reading Words Can Heal

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Blessed is She Who Believed

Diane Reid

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.” Luke 1:45 Faith, trust, and believing are difficult concepts at time, especially when all we have is someone’s word. This is all Mary had but instead of doubting, she considered the source of the promise to be worthy of trusting. And time proved that His word was true. She received the fulfillment of the promise and we know His name is Jesus. Have you ever been there? Trusting only in God’s word for a promise to be fulfilled and waiting and waiting. I … Continue reading Blessed is She Who Believed

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How Much Longer?!?!?

Diane Reid

When Pharoah let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt’ Exodus 13:17 I have been told it could have been a ten-day journey at the most, leaving Egypt and heading to the Promised Land.  But it ended up taking 40 years. The only reason I can see is that their thinking had to change and it took a very long time for that to happen. Their minds needed to be renewed to … Continue reading How Much Longer?!?!?

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The Freeze Game

Diane Reid

No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; Isaiah 54:17 A couple of weeks ago at work, the kids were playing the Freeze Game. This is a game they made up and if I understood the rules correctly, if the “Freezer” pointed his freeze machine (his hands) at you and made a slight hissing noise then you were frozen.  A five year old approached me with his freeze machine pointed at me and said he was going to freeze me.  I asked him if he knows what the Bible says. He said no. I paraphrased this verse from Isaiah and … Continue reading The Freeze Game

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In The Presence of My Enemies

Diane Reid

“Thou dost prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”. Psalm 23: 5 I have wondered what good food would do for me in the presence of my enemies. Am I going to pelt my enemies with spaghetti and meatballs?  Do I poke their eyes out with bread sticks? This part of Psalm 23 didn’t really make sense to me and I would ordinarily skim right past. But recently, I saw this verse differently. The table He has prepared is laden with everything I have inherited through Christ – every spiritual blessing, every physical blessing, every weapon I … Continue reading In The Presence of My Enemies

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Sorry Not Today

Diane Reid

You know that God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went everywhere and did good things, such as healing everyone who was under the devil’s power. Jesus did these things because God was with him. Acts 10:38 I’ve looked. I can’t find it. Nowhere in the Bible, to my knowledge, does Jesus tell someone, “Sorry, not today.”  Nowhere do I see Him turning away someone who needed healing and saying sorry, I can’t help you today. What I do read is that He went everywhere healing and doing good things and setting people free … Continue reading Sorry Not Today

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God’s Best Gift

Diane Reid

If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? Romans 8:32 Jesus – what do you think of when you hear that name? A good teacher? – a revolutionary? – a prophet? –  a great leader? Maybe what comes to mind is stories from Sunday School – the miracles He performed like feeding 5000 people with a few loaves of bread, or causing the lame to walk or the blind to … Continue reading God’s Best Gift

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Trusting in God’s Promises

Diane Reid

God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey.  Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word. We can’t get away from it – no matter what. Hebrews 4:12 -13  Message Bible God gave us His word to show us life changing truths.  Truths about who we are and truths about who He is. One of the truths we have been given consistently thorough out the Bible is that it is God’s will to heal us.  … Continue reading Trusting in God’s Promises

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A New Address

Diane Reid

For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. Colossians 1: 13 When we begin our new life with God through Christ Jesus, we are not only relationally changed, we are positionally changed.  Our old address is the domain of darkness and our new address is the kingdom of His beloved Son.  Things operate differently in this kingdom than they do at our old address.  In this kingdom we are told that the way to life is to die to ourselves, that giving is better than receiving, that miracles are the … Continue reading A New Address

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Let Them Rule

Diane Reid

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 We were made to rule over the earth. I don’t know about you but ruling over anything right now seems way beyond my grasp. Powerless is a word that more effectively describes my present state of mind. So when this verse says I was made to rule over … Continue reading Let Them Rule