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I Surrender Some
A challenge is set before us. Malachi recorded the matter succinctly when he wrote about the people of God who lived as if worship was too tiresome. Of course the word “worship” was not referring to clapping and singing, but sacrifice, duty, and time. God spoke against them in Malachi as they treated their relationship […]
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A view of compassion
Cast in the frame was a picture of a little girl sitting on the edge of a sidewalk holding her favorite doll. Her black hair ruffled against the light red coat she wore. A small scarf dangled from the end of her sleeve as she sat with narrowed eyes and an indiscriminate smile. I would […]
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Be of Good Cheer …
Jesus prepared a young group of disciples for the Gospel mission. They were to be His voice; His hands; His feet. He spent 3 1/2 years preparing them to face the world; demonic forces; and the religious sects. And among His many lessons He said, “it is impossible, but that offenses will come!” Jesus said that no […]
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Poured Out …
Jeremiah prophesied (Jeremiah 48:11) about the destruction of Moab. He said the people had “settled on their lees” and had not been emptied out. He was referring to the process of making wine which in those days demanded the continual pouring from one container to another in order maintain the flavor. By not being poured […]
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Liquid Mercy
It was said of a reckless son that he had dodged tragedy on multiple occasions; that he was “living on borrowed time.” The cliché’ came to mind when I read of the Power of God’s Mercy regarding the Children of Israel. How many times they failed and God recovered them is beyond the telling. If […]
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The Valuable Seed
Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. The parable of Jesus is descriptive and shines light […]
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Look unto Jesus
Upon hearing the Gospel, the Ethiopian Eunuch asked Philip the question, “What hinders me from being baptized?” This was the opening step that led to the New Birth experience for a man of position and authority, but notice that his query came before his conversion and it entailed a “What?” The answer of course was […]
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A Healthy Life
What I write to you is layered with meaning. From the fall in the Garden to this day, we all have been separated from God and from one another. We’ve also struggled with our internal thoughts. We began separated from God; one another, and self, meaning that we do not see ourselves correctly. Repentance is the path […]
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A Healthy Marriage and Home
Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. Yesterday, twenty-two years ago I found a good thing. I’ve blinked my eye and the time raced by. She is the love of my life and I stand on the foundation that our marriage has built. From the start we were […]
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I sought the Lord
Exodus 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. In the text we […]