Where Rivers Flow

Tag: Faith

  • Opening Our Eyes, Learning to Respond

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    God opens our eyes in love — and invites us to step into the light we are given. Bible Readings Reflection Scripture often speaks of God as the One who opens our eyes. We do not discover truth simply by effort or intelligence alone. Light is given. Understanding is awakened. Hearts are gently stirred toward…

  • What Can We Trust?

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    In a changing world, we learn to anchor our trust in the unchanging love of God. Bible Readings Reflection In a world increasingly shaped by digital images and artificial intelligence, it is becoming harder to tell what is real. Photographs can be generated, voices imitated, and scenes convincingly fabricated. What once felt trustworthy now requires…

  • By His Stripes You Are Healed

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    Healing flows from Christ’s redeeming love — sometimes visibly, always faithfully. Bible Readings Reflection “By His stripes you are healed.” These words are sometimes spoken as a slogan — a declaration meant to guarantee immediate physical recovery or visible breakthrough. When healing does not come as expected, disappointment or quiet confusion can follow. Yet Scripture…

  • With God, All Things Are Possible

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    A reflection on faith, hope, and trusting God in the impossible. Bible Readings Reflection There are moments in life when God’s promises feel distant from our lived reality. Hope may flicker, but circumstances speak loudly—through time, loss, and disappointment. Scripture does not ignore these moments; instead, it meets them with a truth that echoes throughout…

  • Faith in Motion

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    Faith in Scripture is never passive. Again and again, God invites His people to respond — to step out, to trust, and to obey — often before the outcome is visible. This reflection considers how faith moves in response to God’s word, and how obedience becomes the place where His power is revealed. Bible Readings…

  • Born from Above: A Reflection on Nicodemus and New Life (John 3)

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    Nicodemus came to Jesus under cover of darkness — searching, cautious, and quietly unsettled. What Jesus offers him is not advice for living, but the gift of new life, given from above. Bible Readings Reflection Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. He was a Jewish teacher — learned, respected, sincere — yet inwardly unsettled. For…