Julie Sanders
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Holding Nothing Back
Sometimes it seems bad news is all we hear. A friend’s divorce. A child’s failing health. A co-worker’s suicide. We wish the uplifting stories we read about in the Bible would come to life in our world today. We yearn for peace on earth and for God’s favor to rest on His people. The night…
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Doing What Jesus Says to Do
“I will never forgive my husband,” Ekua* yelled as she jumped out of her seat, startling many of the women sitting around her. It was the first day of a large “Walking With Jesus” event, with 300 of the nation’s top female military leaders in attendance. All eyes were on Ekua as she sat down…
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Mothers and Sons
When my boys were younger, I tried to stay attentive to opportunities to point them toward faith in Jesus. Growing up in a Christian home didn’t necessarily mean they would become Christ-followers on their own. I knew I would need to guide them along the way. We memorized verses prompted by simple hand-gestures, read Bible…
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Thank You For Taking Us Into Account
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14, ESV). Every year Christmas rolls around, I just can’t get over the idea of the incarnation-that God became human. The God who created galaxies and sun flares, beluga whales…
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They Came to See JESUS
They came at dusk from the fields and the bushes. Wrapped in thin fabric. Adorned with beads. Barefooted. They came to see and hear JESUS. Curious, they came to hear Him speak their language, the language of their hearts – Daasanach. Herding cattle and goats in the desert-lands of Southwest Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan, the…