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	<title>FaithFocus: A Weekly Devotional about What Matters Most</title>
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		<title>Unspoken Joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My third week in Peru, my team and I served the community of Pamplona at a Buckner Community Transformation Center. I had only been in Peru for two weeks and my most recent Spanish class was in high school. Language was a barrier for me. However, one little girl reminded me that sharing God&#8217;s love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe in His Arms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our first week in Russia was spent teaching Vacation Bible School and playing with some of the cutest and purest souls on this planet.
Each morning we would walk hand in hand with God&#8217;s children to and from the beach. Have you ever held the hand of a 5-year-old boy or girl? Do you remember the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Leap of Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I learned about making the decision to adopt a child with special needs is that, ultimately, it takes a giant leap of faith to do it. 
You have to use good judgment and think and pray about whether it is the right decision for your family. You should seek the advice of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, Lord</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I hear regularly from the children we served back in the late 70s and 80s. What a blessing, even after 33 years!
Today at the Crisis Relief Center, where I work, God sends people to Buckner for encouragement and hope and we help them. He wants us to &#8220;serve the least of these.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Kindness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last winter when the cold was nearly unbearable, the Salvation Army maxed out their shelter at 32 guests. At our local Salvation Army, that&#8217;s a packed house. All the people who were living in tents along the river found their way to the Salvation Army or friend&#8217;s houses.
The day after the first big snow hit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy: God&#8217;s Icing on the Cake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Receiving &#8211; and Returning &#8211; God&#8217;s Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faithfocus.bucknerconnect.com/index.php/2011/12/receiving-gods-love/</link>
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		<title>Peace is More Than a Theory</title>
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&#8220;He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.&#8221; Ephesians 2:17

Peace. For many of us this is a theory, but not something we experience very often. I can still hear my mother saying to us when my sisters and I were arguing: &#8220;I just want a little peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing Our Daily Bread</title>
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Editor&#8217;s Note: In honor of National Adoption Month, we are featuring stories from some of our adoptive families. If you&#8217;d like to learn more about the ways you can Be a Family to a child, please visit www.beafamily.org.
 

&#8220;Give us this day our daily bread&#8230;&#8221; It&#8217;s the prayer we say without even thinking about what it really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Had a Plan</title>
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Editor&#8217;s Note: In honor of National Adoption Month, we are featuring stories from some of our adoptive families. If you&#8217;d like to learn more about the ways you can Be a Family to a child, please visit www.beafamily.org.



Almost 11 years ago my wife and I decided, through much prayer and guidance of the Holy Spirit, that [...]]]></description>
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