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Discovering what the hope of your calling actually is

Fifteen years ago, I started this blog on a whim. I wasn’t really sure what I’d do with it, and I certainly didn’t think I’d be here, fifteen years later, still writing about hope!  I took the name “Hope Is Calling” from the verse that is still, 15 years later, my favorite. [I pray that] …

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What is better than New Years’ Resolutions? What is eternal.

Instead of resolutions… Instead of resolutions, which are typically ideas that come out of *our* own wisdom, of what *we* think *we* can do manage to do in our *own* strength, about what *we* think we need to get to where *we* want to go.  Us. We. Our. Me. I.  Let’s shift and instead ask …

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The battle of testimonies decides the winner of the war

Recently, when I was talking with God about things, He pointed out something in Revelation 12:10-11 that I’d never seen before. It says: For the accuser of our brothers and sisters…   has been hurled down.They [the people of God] triumphed over him  by the blood of the Lamb [Jesus]  and by the word of …

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