Based on: Genesis 41:41 (NIV)

                                             So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”

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                                             God gave us the strength to survive, but God didn’t stop there. God also gave us the desire to thrive. 

                                             This desire to thrive enables us to outrun our past and rise above our pain.

Based on: Psalm 119:152 (NIV)

                                           Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

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   I’m not sure of where you are or what you’re going through, but what I do know is that if you turn toward God, God will surely turn toward you.

Based on: John 21:22 (NIV)

                     Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

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As followers of Christ we cannot afford to be distracted by what God is doing in someone else’s life. We must direct our attention with laser-like precision on the call that God has placed on our lives. Too much attention to the life of another may cause us to miss a move of God in our own lives.

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I have remained not only interested, but also committed to doing my part to create a safe and soft place for aging out foster care youth to land. This week’s Wednesday’s Word of Truth is a conversation with Chevonne Washington and Richard Good. Both of these triumphant Souls have come from struggle to strength. They have done so because of and in spite of their journey through America’s foster care system.

Based on: 1Samuel 7:17 (NIV)

                  17 But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. 

                And he built an altar there to the Lord.

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Acknowledgements are intentionally placed in the front of the book. Authors always acknowledge the bridges that brought them over. This practice recognizes the truth that none of us reaches success without a whisper in our ear, wind beneath our wings, or a hand in our back.

Based on: Isaiah 43:16-19 (NIV)

This is what the Lord says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together,  and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

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I hear God calling out to us and saying, “Don’t settle.” Don’t settle for what you have when you can have more. Don’t settle for the possible when you can have the impossible. Don’t settle for less than when you can have more than.

Based on: Psalm 62:11-12 (NIV)

One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard; that you, O God are strong, and that you, O Lord are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.                       

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What have you heard from the Lord? Whatever it is, God will back it up!

Based on: Psalm 143:9 (NIV)

                                       Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in you.

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David is not alone in having to hold right and wrong in tension. Truth be told, we all struggle with inner wars from time-to-time. We all have periods of conflicting moral decisions, or value laden perspectives that may run counter to what God means for right to look like.

Based on: Psalm 143:10 (NIV)

                            Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

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It is God’s teachable servant who is triumphant. It is the one who is willing to be tutored by God who is transformed. It is the one who has been taught by God who can then teach others.

Based on: Psalm 138:3 (NIV)

                          When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.

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Like the writer of Psalm 138 the caller knows what it’s like to get an answer from God. The answer from God made the psalmist “bold and stouthearted.” The answer from God has filled the psalmist with praise. The answer from God has made the psalmist want to testify of God’s goodness.