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Continue reading →: I’ve never kissed my boyfriend.
“How will you know if you’re compatible if you guys have never kissed?” This question is the very reason why my boyfriend and I haven’t made a big deal about the fact that we haven’t kissed yet. We haven’t lied about it or hidden it and, if you asked us,…
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Continue reading →: Middle Schoolers and the Things I’ve Learned From Leading Them
For those of you who don’t know, I have had the honor of volunteering with Wake, Watermark’s junior high ministry for 6 years. For the last 2 years, I have been blessed to co-lead a group of seven 7th graders as they journey through life. Though middle school is often…
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Continue reading →: My Closet Conviction
It’s that time of year again: the time for New Year’s resolutions. I am not the one for making resolutions. I have always thought it was silly to wait until January 1st to make a life change. But for the past few months, I’ve been convicted about my shopping habits.…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 8
EZRA CHAPTER 8 Key Verses: 22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 7
EZRA CHAPTER 7 Key Verses: 27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, 28 and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 6
EZRA CHAPTER 6 Key Verses: 13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 5
EZRA CHAPTER 5 Key Verses: 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them. Central Truth: When we are doing God’s work, He protects us and…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 4
EZRA CHAPTER 4 Key Verses: 4 Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build 5 and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. Central Truth: God doesn’t…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 3
EZRA CHAPTER 3 Key Verses: 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses,old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not…
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Continue reading →: A Day in Ezra: Chapter 2
EZRA CHAPTER 2 Key Verses: 1 Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah,…




