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“Even when we don’t know what to say, Jesus is praying for us. Even when we don’t feel like praying, Jesus is praying for us. Even when we think our prayers don’t make a difference, Jesus is praying for us.” Asheritah Ciuciu

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25

“God ultimately is the only one who knows those who are His, because God is the only one who sees the heart.” Alistair Beggs

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27

“Rather than trying to predict the future, we can trace God’s faithfulness in our past. He was faithful then. He will be faithful now.” Lysa TerKeurst

“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”Psalm 63:1

Book Review: Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (five stars)

Book Review: Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (Murderbot Diaries #4.5) by Martha Wells (five stars) “We can’t ignore the fact that SecUnits are capable of being very dangerous. They’re every bit as dangerous as humans.” A short story which, while … Continue reading →

“It is the cross of Christ that makes a way to the Father. It is the bearing of our own cross that proves our faith in Christ.” Matt Hinshaw

“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.” John 10:18

Book Review: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (four stars)

Book Review: Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells (four stars) “I’m a SecUnit, not an engineer.” This story reads as if Wells and her buds got together, popped a few brews, and discussed how they could improve on … Continue reading →

“If you have to understand everything God is doing in your life … you will not see God do very much in your life. The goal is not to understand what God is doing; your goal is to trust Him.” Preston Morrison

O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! Romans 11:33

“Saturdays are never silent. God is always at work.” Christine Caine

“He has risen! He is not here.” Mark 16:6

Book Review: Empire by Gore Vidal (four stars)

Book Review: Empire (Empire #4) by Gore Vidal (four stars) Everyone conceded that Hearst had himself started and won a small war. Without Hearst’s relentlessly specious attacks on Spain, the American government would never have gone to war. Vidal chronicles … Continue reading →

“It is a great work, a divine work, to bring people to confess that they are not yet saved, for the most of mankind have the notion that, somehow or another, all is well with them in the sight of God.” C H Spurgeon

We are all dirty with sin. Even our good works are not pure. They are like bloodstained rags. We are all like dead leaves. Our sins have carried us away like wind. Isaiah 64:6