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Weekly Devotionals From Coastal Church Pastors
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Reflecting God’s Glory through Community Transformation
The church’s calling is not merely to prepare people for heaven but to demonstrate the character, or glory, of heaven here on earth. When the church lives out the gospel in both word and deed, communities notice. Lives change. Families strengthen. Justice flows. Hope rises. This is the vision God ...
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Know Where You Belong
There are two important questions for everyone: Who am I? Where do I belong?
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Trust in The Lord
Godly living is not about your high level of human understanding, but in whom you put your ultimate trust. If we trust God, we also acknowledge him daily and we can be assured that He will lead us down the right path.
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A Pattern Of Prayer Worth Keeping
2021 could possibly be the year to begin a prayer of commitment and thankfulness to Him each night.
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The Prince of Shalom
Like many over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching this season of The Crown recently released on Netflix. These new episodes focus mainly on the life of Charles, Prince of Wales and his marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales. Even though their happily ever after ending was not to ...
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Biblical Hope: Better Than Wishing Upon a Star
Many cultures have the tradition of making birthday wishes before blowing out candles on the cake. It is also not unusual to find coins of every currency at the bottom of water fountains, thrown in with the hope of better fortune. From wishing wells to genies in a lamp, tales ...
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When All Hope Seems Lost
A few years back my family and I went white water rafting together as part of our family vacation. We figured it would be a great opportunity for team building and family bonding - and it certainly was! Thankfully we had a guide to navigate and direct us on the boat. When the ...
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Your Focus Matters
You need to think about…. what you think about. In order to access this power, we need to change our focus. Paul gives us a helpful guide on the type of thinking that pleases God.
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Fixer Upper
While exploring a nice neighbourhood last week, I noticed a house with a run-down façade, and big nailed plywood sheets covering the windows. Its garden was fenced and unkept, and of course it was not inhabited. I wasn’t sure if the house was deemed condemned or was being prepared to ...
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God’s Self-Control
We see God’s self-control at the cross, where our lord Jesus died for us. Romans 8:32 – “He who did not spare His own Son but delivered Him up for us.”
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Strength Under Control
When the fruit of gentleness or meekness is on display it is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of bridled strength. Meekness is produced by God living in us, but it requires our conscious choice and cooperation with His Spirit. We can choose to remain gentle or not. ...
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The Addictive Quality of Kindness
When we talk about addictions, most people will look at it from a negative standpoint. But what if you could be addicted to something positive? In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul describes a certain group of people who had an addiction. But it was not to alcohol, drugs or ...
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Do Good Things Really Come to Those Who Wait?
Instant gratification has robbed everyone of patience and the advancement of technology has been a big culprit. Think about it, most innovations are developed to save us time, but we still seem to have less and less of it now than ever before. Why is that?
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The Need For Peace
I think we all would agree with the original American poet, Walt Whitman, that peace is a wonderful thing and that we need more of it in this world. Yet nothing has proven to be more elusive to us in human history than achieving peace.
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A Moment of Joy
Joy comes when we experience the goodness of God in the midst of circumstances. The Psalmist reminds us that believing in His goodness and presence are the antidote of despair.
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Love Is Putting Others First
Love is a very common word we use in the English language today. It's the topic of many songs and it’s the highest aim that the world longs for. We love chocolate, we love fries, we love hiking, we love our dogs, we love our family, we love the colour ...
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The Storm: God is with you, and He’s not nervous.
It seems like there have been a lot of storms in the past few months. It can all seem so overwhelming, which often leads to anxiety and worry. In my experience though, anxiety and worry are never actually helpful. In fact, they inevitably make everything worse.
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All of Life as Worship
What does it mean to worship God? For many Christians the term worship is related to the time spent at church making music and singing songs directed to God in praise.
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