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Rev. Joel Plantinga

Rev. Joel Plantinga has now been in full-time pastoral ministry for more than 20 years. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Desert Winds Community Church (RCA) in Palmdale, California, and is married to Teresa with children Noah, Eden, and Rachel.
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Devotionals

Going Home

Read: Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (v. 20) I was recently visiting with a patient who had

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Weakness and Loss of Control

Read: 2 Corinthians 13:5-10 For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for. (v. 9) I am amazed at the courage

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A Real-Time God

Read: Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (v. 1) The goal of hospice is to provide physical and spiritual comfort to people who

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Worrying About Those Left Behind

Read: Philippians 4:4-9 The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to

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Honest Anger

Read: Matthew 27:45-50 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken

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Regret

Read: Philippians 3:12-16 . . . forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. (v. 13) Throughout the course of our lives, we tend to accumulate a considerable

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Missional

Read: Matthew 28:16-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. (v. 19) As our world changes, we find great comfort in the unchanging truth of God’s Word and his

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Prepared to Praise

Read: Psalm 100 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! (v. 4) Imagine you’ve been given a meeting with your favorite celebrity or someone you’ve always admired.

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Gracious

Read: Ephesians 4:25-32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (v. 32) When I did youth ministry, we often played a game

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