Author: Jen Thorn

The Providence of God

Here we are at the end of our Esther study. I truly hope that you have been able to see this story in a new light. I pray that it has been a blessing to you and a means by which you have grown in your knowledge of God. The

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How to Live Wisely

Ephesians 5:15 says, “Therefore consider carefully how you live–not as unwise but as wise.” Why are we to live as wise people? Paul tells us in verse 16, “because the days are evil.” There was a lot of evil during the time of Esther just like there is today. Esther

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Why Does God Hear Our Prayers?

“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes

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The Beginning Of A Nation

“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” Galatians 6:14–15 Today we get to witness

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I Am Known By God

Everybody wants to be known. Even if you are an extreme introvert, you want to be known. We want there to be at least one person with whom we can feel so comfortable that we can share anything and everything with them, the good, the bad, and the ugly, without

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An Amazing Promise

The story of Noah and the flood is so commonplace to many of us that we lose the wonder and awe of this event. The entire earth was flooded and Noah and his family were in some contraption that no one had ever seen or heard of before. What if

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The Third Day

We come to the third day of God’s amazing work of creation. The world was not yet ready for humanity to live in it. There was air and there was light but there was no land and so God commanded the water to separate from the land, and it obeyed

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Listen to Him

Can you imagine going with a couple of friends up a mountain and suddenly one of your friends begins to shine brightly?! Then, two other people appear out of the blue and a voice from the sky begins talking? It sounds like something you would find in a fantasy movie. 

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The Shame of Weakness

Israel was in trouble. They had continually disobeyed God and done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. God gave Israel over to the people of Midian for seven years. During this time the Israelites made little dens for themselves in the mountains to hide their livestock and

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The Birth Of John The Baptist

The birth of John the Baptist is a beautiful story because it shows, yet again, the mercy and kindness of God. An older couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth, incapable of conceiving a child were given a promise by God that they would have a son of their own. Zechariah means “God

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