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Upper Room Daily Reflections
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Daily words of wisdom and faith
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Attentive to God
Saturday’s Reflection
WHY BE ATTENTIVE TO GOD? Because it will give you a spiritual high? because you will have a wonderful experience? to get something for yourself? No. Because you are loved. Give yourself in gratitude for that love. The love God gives to you calls for your love in response. You are “called” to overflowing [...]
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Christ Hears Our Prayers
Friday’s Reflection
EVERY MORNING, I give thanks for all God has given me–for my bed, my breakfast, my cup of tea from my leaf-shaped teapot. But as I pray, I know that beyond my home, beyond my country where freedom and peace are taken for granted, beyond all the blessings of my life lie poverty, slavery, [...]
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You Are Loved by God
Thursday’s Reflection
THIS PROCLAMATION IS THE HEART of the gospel: I am loved by God. My favorite way of stating it is this: There is a place in God’s heart that only I can fill–only you can fill. . . . God’s desire for a relationship with us is declared on boldfaced billboards visible from almost [...]
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God Knows Us
Wednesday’s Reflection
GOD KNOWS US and calls us by name. We are not strangers or aliens to God. We are each and all God’s beloved. We have as our lover the Creator and Master of all that exists. The One who calls us beloved is also the one who knows us so intimately and well that [...]
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Abiding in Christ
Tuesday’s Reflection
FOLLOWING JESUS is a nonnegotiable principle for Christians. We cannot follow Jesus for long unless we are in Christ, abiding in him. We renew our strength, find direction, and gain confidence by cultivating the presence of Christ within—through prayer, immersing ourselves in scripture, and spending time with God’s people so that we act—we follow—from [...]
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