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Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the LORD your God, am with you wherever you go.
Matt Brouwer shares how Joshua 1:9 impacts him on J103 Radio.
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Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
GRITS shares how Romans 12:2 has impacted them on radio station J103.
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I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.
Francesca Batistelli shares her life verse on J103 Radio.
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Sidewalk Prophets – Spend 5 Minutes with God’s Word Each Day Here’s the recent commercial for J103 radio by the Sidewalk Prophets. See if it doesn’t convince YOU that spending 5 minutes with God’s Word each day is worth it.
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Circle of Prayer
Circle of Prayer is a ministry of the American Bible Society, a Christian ministry that has been engaging people with the life-changing message of God’s Word for nearly 200 years.
Also check out our Bible Search and Scripture journeys tools.
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If you have a passion for engaging and sharing God’s Word, then volunteering for the American Bible Society is the perfect place for you.
As a volunteer, you can help us bring hope to people in the United States and throughout 200 countries around the world.
If you’re interested in this great opportunity, please complete the volunteer application form.
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Circle of Prayer
Circle of Prayer is a ministry of the American Bible Society, a Christian ministry that has been engaging people with the life-changing message of God’s Word for nearly 200 years.
Also check out our Bible Search and Scripture journeys tools.
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My fellow SYSNers! It’s CONTEST time!
We are halfway through this year (can you believe it?) and after we received some really cool stuff from Provident Music we wanted to share the wealth.
We have in our possession a limited edition coffee mug autographed by all the band members of Third Day! Yep, Mac Powell and everything people.
To add to the sweetness of this prize we will also be giving away our recent edition of Scriptures from the Heart book: Refuge and a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks to put some coffee in that mug.
The rules?
Submit a story to our site and you are automatically entered to win this cool prize. Contest will run from July 6 – 20th.
Have fun and good luck!!!
SYSN Team
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Circle of Prayer
Circle of Prayer is a ministry of the American Bible Society, a Christian ministry that has been engaging people with the life-changing message of God’s Word for nearly 200 years.
Also check out our Bible Search and Scripture journeys tools.
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“Our God is like this forever and will always guide us.”
Abby writes:
Recently my family went through a very big blow. The matriarch of our family passed away. For the past 7 years Maria de Jesus suffered much after she broke her hip. Because of her age and frailty, they opted not to operate her, fearing it would speedy up her passing away.
Those 7 years were spent bed ridden and eventually lead to her suffering from dementia. Even though we knew this day would surely come sooner than later, knowing she had passed affected me more than I ever thought it could.
Growing up most of my childhood in Guatemala I was raised by my grandmother (abuelita) and to me she was truly indescribable. With apron always in tow, she was there to wipe away any tears, kiss any booboos, correct us when we were wrong and love us unconditionally. It’s the things I will never forget.
With her passing my brother and I made our way to Antigua, Guatemala and had a chance to share in many moments of silence, where no words really needed to be said, and moments of contemplation over what had just happened. Tears abounded, but so did laughter in reminiscing of good old times.
We came across this scripture that spoke to our hearts… Psalm 48:14 “For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.”
My mother shared with us how on the last day that my abuelita lived she asked my mom to sing her a praise song she loved “Cuan Grande Es El” (How Great Thou Art). My mom sobbed through the lyrics, but realized that even at the end of her time, all my abuelita wanted to do was give God the praise. And with that, we were put at ease.
My abuelita is in a much better place now… Free of being bed ridden, free of physical pain, free to live with her Heavenly father. Suffering may come for a night, but joy really does come in the morning.
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Circle of Prayer
Circle of Prayer is a ministry of the American Bible Society, a Christian ministry that has been engaging people with the life-changing message of God’s Word for nearly 200 years.
Also check out our Bible Search and Scripture journeys tools.
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SYSN Team Heads to Nashville, TN for GMA Week 2009
This is a call to action for all our faithful website readers. Our team is headed to Nashville, TN tomorrow morning and would really appreciate and covet your prayers. Pray for the following:
- Health (2 of our team members have a cold/flu)
- Traveling mercies
- That we make an impact in the lives of those we interview
- The artists
- Our leaders who will be joining us during this trip
- The week in general
We are excited to be gathering more content for you and are with great expectations of what God is going to do this year. We will be posting stories while we are at GMA and also stay connected, contest winner Angel Higgs will be blogging about her experience at GMA with our team!
Best,
The SYSN Team (Malorie, Nate, TJ, Abby and the COG Crew)
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“You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.”
One of my favorite Christmas songs growing up was “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Hearing Andy Williams croon this song was a big sign for me that Christmas time was right around the corner. At the time my family lived in California and you could feel the crispness in the air and everybody seemed so happy and joyful.
As I grew older Christmas became the time to visit my folks (now in Florida) and time to buy everyone on my list a nice present that wouldn’t break my pocket. But still the magic of Christmas would captivate my heart. The songs especially. As I write this I’m listening to Israel Haughton and Cece Winans singing “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”
There is no denying that Christmas is truly the most wonderful time of the year. We know that Christ’s birth didn’t exactly happen on the 25th of December, but it’s a day we get to reflect and rejoice on our King’s birth. Jesus Christ came in the purest form to Earth as a babe and came to bring us the greatest gift of all… salvation.
We live in a time of insecurity, of doubt, of economic strife and war… for some it may not be a time to celebrate, but mourn. Let’s together pray for one another and remember to be there when the spirit calls.
During this time of the year let’s reflect on the following:
- What does Christmas mean to you?
- What Christmas song is your favorite?
- How do you and your loved ones celebrate this special time of the year?
- What is your favorite Christmas memory?
- What is the message of Christ teaching you today?
Let this Christmas season bring peace on Earth, and goodwill to all men, even if just for this moment.
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Circle of Prayer
Circle of Prayer is a ministry of the American Bible Society, a Christian ministry that has been engaging people with the life-changing message of God’s Word for nearly 200 years.
Also check out our Bible Search and Scripture journeys tools.
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Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
David, our summer intern, writes:
I grew up in, by anyone’s account, an extremely wealthy environment. I know people with more money or cars or houses, but by any measure you could dream of, I’m rich. I also grew up a Christian, the son of a pastor and two very devoted Christian parents. Reconciling those two facts was something I struggled to do for a long time.
After all, Matthew says that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” I always thought that there was something in being wealthy that inherently kept us from truly loving God. What I’m learning, though, is that’s not true. It’s not money, cars, or vacation homes that separate us from God, but our devotion to those things. We can serve but one master, and if that master is material, we push God to the side. Money is not the problem- the all-encompassing, life-overhauling need for more money is.
Being detached from the things we have frees us from the shame and guilt associated with them, and also allows us to give them freely. Just before the above verse, Jesus tells a man to “sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven” (Matthew 19:21). Selling his possessions is not the important part of this charge from Jesus- it’s giving the benefits to the poor. We are called to give without ceasing to those who don’t have as much as we do, and to give as quickly and as easily as we receive.
Rich Mullins is one of my favorite examples of this: A wildly successful Christian musician, every dime he made was given to his church. The church paid him the average salary for someone his age for that year, and gave the rest to charity. He didn’t live in poverty, and lived comfortably, but recognized the money he had didn’t belong to him. It belonged to God, and he gave it freely back.
To me, God’s call regarding material things comes in Matthew 10:8: “freely you have received, freely give.” I have nice things and a comfortable life because God gave them to me, and not because of something I did. The man whose chances are like that of a camel is the man who ignores God all around him in pursuit of the green in front of him. There’s nothing wrong with having money and things, so long as our eyes are fixed on praising God and caring for his people, and not on padding our pocketbooks.
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