Author: Kelli Trontel

Every Step

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live.  —Acts 17:26 Paul’s visit and time in Athens was not by accident. He was there for a purpose and

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A Touch of Faith

“When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she kept saying, “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.” At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.” Mark

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Our Pasts Are Forgiven

This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him.  If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself. -2 Timothy 2:11-13 Have you

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The Shame of Past Decisions

One of the many things I love about the Bible are the numerous stories of redemption, especially the victorious comebacks from the underdogs. Our God has certainly authored some of the greatest stories that still offer us hope today. I have experienced pain, guilt, and shame in different seasons of

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Still Faithful

“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.” — Luke 1:25 I absolutely love a good comeback story. I am a forever champion of the underdog. Give me all the tissues because

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A Better Covenant: Fulfillment in Christ

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant. — Hebrews 9:15 A little one-liner that had everyone laughing one Sunday

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Letting Go of Guilt

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, and he entered once for all into the Most Holy Place not by the blood of

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Walking in Truth

There’s no denying the power of truth. The word truth is spoken five times in the first four verses of 2 John. The foundation of our faith is completely based on truth, and we see this in John 8:32, which says, “and you will know the truth, and the truth

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Do Not Be Afraid

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent, because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.” – Acts 18:9-10 The Word of

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Help from God

“I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen: that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light

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