Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott

Encouraging Hope

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“What hope do I have?”

    I really like how the Easy-to-Read Bible words Psalm 39 (verses 6-8):   Our life is like an image in a mirror.     We rush through life collecting things,     but we don’t know who will get them after we die. … Continue reading

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Hope at Its Source

“Do not look to your hope,   but to Christ,   the source of your hope.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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True Hope

  What hope rests close to your heart?     I hope for comfortable summer weather I hope that my children do well in life I hope for God’s direction in my life I hope for eternity in heaven We … Continue reading

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Fear or Faith?

Joshua 3:15-16 (NIV) Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It … Continue reading

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Grasshopper Fear

  Numbers 13:33 (NIV) We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.   The spies were afraid of the people they saw in the Promised Land. That fear kept the Israelites in the desert … Continue reading

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Unbalanced Fear

  “We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.” William Gurnall (1617-1679) A Puritan Golden Treasury

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Fear Not

  Last week, at the request of a reader, we looked at pain. This week’s topic was raised by another reader: FEAR. What do you fear?   Bullies Pain (we’re not finished with this) Losing my home Being alone Isaiah … Continue reading

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Valiant Warriors

  The Bible tells of valiant warriors.     Joshua 8:3 So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. The Hebrew word … Continue reading

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Pain and Godwinks

  This week’s topic started with Dale’s problem: how to pray for someone with chronic pain, “when you’ve prayed for a long time and healing doesn’t come.”    My final answer? You keep praying. Pray for healing, yes, but not just … Continue reading

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