All posts by John H. Campbell

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Making All Things New

“I can never forgive myself for that.” How many times have we heard someone utter those words with a genuine sense of sincerity, spoken them ourselves, or experienced that thought as a feeling? It’s a phrase that a great many of us are likely to

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One Day at a Time

Day by day Day by day Oh Dear Lord Three things I pray: To see thee more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Day by day – -from the musical “Godspell” Although the above is the product of a 1971 off-Broadway musical

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Rise and Shine

“This is the day that God has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24) “It is like someone going on a journey, who when leaving home puts in charge people who are enslaved, each with a particular task, and commands the

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Just Go with It

“Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.” -From the Lord’s Prayer, Matthew 6:10 “You need to start living in God’s Will rather than insisting upon what it is that you would like to have in life.” Although they were merely words

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Be Still and Know

Although I cannot state that I always wholeheartedly agree with many of the assertions and suggestions prevalent in modern psychology, or, more particularly what I have come to refer to as “self-help pop psychology,” there is one which I have found through experience, and particularly

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

“I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works, that I know very well.” – Psalm 139:14,( The New Testament and Psalms, An Inclusive Version) Jesus said, “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will

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Seek Ye First

“As the deer panteth for the water So my soul longeth after you You alone are my heart’s desire And I long to worship you You alone are my strength, my shield To you alone may my spirit yield You alone are my heart’s desire

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O Light Divine

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in the night, but will have the light of life.” -John 8:12 Among all of the idiosyncrasies in this wonderful, mysterious, fascinating, at times frustrating, but always at its core enjoyable journey

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Thank God

“Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.” “Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark

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Honest to God

“Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.” “Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark