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Welcome to LOVE IN ACTION, a unique blog here for you to explore. LOVE IN ACTION has added such value to my life, and I love having the opportunity to share my passions and thoughts with my loyal readers. Read on, and enjoy.
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Phillip Raimo
May 11, 20221 min read
CLEAN ME O GOD
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! – Psalm 51:2 Confession is agreeing with God. It is not only agreeing...
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Phillip Raimo
May 10, 20221 min read
Deliver Me
Deliver me from all my transgression. – Psalm 39:8 There is little in the heart of humankind as powerful as the desire to be free....
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Phillip Raimo
May 7, 20222 min read
EXALTED ABOVE ALL
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! – Psalm 57:5 “Heaven is high and the emperor is far away” is...
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Phillip Raimo
May 5, 20221 min read
COMPLETE JOY
In your presence, there is fullness of joy. – Psalm 16:11 What joys in life bring a smile to your face? Perhaps a walk on the beach, a...
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Phillip Raimo
May 4, 20221 min read
The Lord Has Heard my Plea
The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. – Psalm 6:9 If your name described the essence of your life, what would it be?...
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Phillip Raimo
May 4, 20222 min read
Is David a good role model? Is his life something to emulate?
The strength of David’s story, says Eugene Peterson, is that “David deals with God. As an instance of humanity in himself, he isn’t much....
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Phillip Raimo
May 3, 20223 min read
I Am Old Glory
I am the flag of the United States of America. My name is Old Glory. I fly atop the world's tallest buildings. I stand watch in America's...
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Phillip Raimo
May 3, 20221 min read
Sing For Joy
Let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. – Psalm 5:11 When was the last time you were overwhelmed with...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 30, 20222 min read
Preach Peace
You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you. – Isaiah 26:3 Peace may seem an elusive goal. Over the past 4,000 years,...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 26, 20224 min read
Why He Died!
As Jesus walked along with two of his disciples after his resurrection, he explained to them how the Hebrew scriptures informed and...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 26, 20224 min read
The Road to Emmaus
The beloved story of “The Road to Emmaus” includes several curious puzzles. One of the most perplexing is why the two disciples of Jesus...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Reflect God’s light in the world
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 23, 20227 min read
yes, we’ll recognize our loved ones in Heaven.
The descriptions in Revelation 21–22 of the new heavens, new earth, and new Jerusalem are literal—or they are images of an even more...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 23, 20221 min read
A stronghold in the day of trouble
The Lord is good; a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. – Nahum 1:7 It is disturbing to watch people...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Do we give God Credit
He is actually not far from each one of us. – Acts 17:27 Last month, the most distant star—or possibly pair of stars—that astronomers...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 20, 20225 min read
Women as Witnesses to the Resurrection
The gospel stories of Jesus’s resurrection have some surprising features, in addition to the most obvious surprise. One of these...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 20, 20223 min read
The Simple Good News
Because of the resurrection, everything changes. And it’s all based on the simple good news: Christ is risen! Luke 24:1-6 (NRSV) But on...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Remembering, Returning, Retelling
I do not know what bemuses me the most about this story: that Jesus appears suddenly to startled disciples and declares “Peace be with...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 20, 20224 min read
Restore Us, Lord, to Yourself!
In the book of Lamentations, we read a simple prayer: “Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored.” This prayer assumes that...
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Phillip Raimo
Apr 20, 20226 min read
Hope and Deep Disappointment
Beneath the people’s disappointment in their king was an even deeper disappointment in God. The book of Lamentations expresses this...
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