Tag Archives: loss

Death; March 9, 2025

Posted on March 10, 2025 by jgarrott

2 Corinthians 5:8-9 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away … Continue reading →

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Trusting God’s Plans; March 20, 2024

Posted on March 21, 2024 by jgarrott

Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. As Gilbert and … Continue reading →

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Comfort; December 10, 2023

Posted on December 11, 2023 by jgarrott

Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. We have a strange relationship with the word, comfort, in English. As a verb, as it is here, it is an emotional thing, but as a noun, it can mean what … Continue reading →

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Hope; March 1, 2022

Posted on March 5, 2022 by jgarrott

2 Kings 4:28 “Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?” Hope can be a strange thing. Not everything we hope for is fulfilled, and that failure can be … Continue reading →

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Perspective; December 13, 2021

Posted on December 15, 2021 by jgarrott

Psalm 107:17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. Continuing from yesterday, the two groups of people in today’s reading are a sharp contrast. Those described here are what we would consider a … Continue reading →

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Conquerors; February 2, 2020

Posted on February 6, 2020 by jgarrott

Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8 is my wife’s favorite chapter in the whole Bible, and very understandably so. This last section is like a lawyer, building … Continue reading →

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Eternal Life; September 6, 2018

Posted on September 8, 2018 by jgarrott

Romans 3:22-24 There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. This is the perfect mirror to what … Continue reading →

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March 16, 2013

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jgarrott

Matthew 10:39 “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” In any language this famous saying of Jesus violates our normal thinking, but I find the Japanese particularly illuminating here. … Continue reading →

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August 20, 2011

Posted on August 23, 2011 by jgarrott

John 16:7 “But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” When … Continue reading →

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