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Anxiety Or Prayer?

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Anxiety really doesn’t help your situation and in fact can lead to physical fatigue and illness.  Have you noticed that whenever God gives us instruction about what we should not do, He follows that with what we should do? The same is true here. Rather than be anxious, pray with thanksgiving.  This is a simple […]

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Sovereignty In The Midst Of Deceit

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Where is this truth more evident in scripture than in the lives of the disciples and Jesus? Peter is rebuked when he was in opposition after Jesus told them He must be crucified.  It was a harsh and necessary rebuke: But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling […]

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The Simple Life

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   As I get older I see a desire growing in me to live the simple life.  I believe our verse today does an amazing job of summing up what that looks like.  It begins with a God-dependent walk in the truth.  Few thing make life more complicated and stressful than lies.  Once one is […]

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Do I Need A King?

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   The people of Israel wanted a king like all the other nations; someone to lead them into prosperity and victory.  Someone who even looked the part.  God gave them Saul, comely and a head taller than the rest.  Philistines had their giant and so did Israel.  Three truths hit me as I studied his […]

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Steps Change Lives

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One of my favorite verses…ok I say that about every verse.  This is truly a gem! Too often we get worried and upset about one step we or our children have taken.  In light of this verse, I ask myself why am I worrying?  Everyone knows that that A plan is just an idea; the […]

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Truth And Grace Even In The Old Testament

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What a powerful verse!  3 things slammed into my brain this morning on when I read this. 1. Lovingkindness 2. Truth 3. Fear (the good kind) Hebrews 9:22b tells us “…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”.  This passage clearly states that lovingkindness and truth are necessary for the atonement of our iniquity. […]

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Satan And Scissors

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I received a phone call yesterday evening from my beautiful bride. She warned me that the plants I have been taking such precious care of each and every day had been attacked by a four-year-old with scissors.  In but a few moments, all of what I had nurtured had been stolen, killed, and destroyed. I […]

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Patient In His Promise

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One of the greatest characteristics of our LORD is His patience.  Where we fret and worry He stands strong and confident; patiently waiting. There are days when my heart cannot deal with anymore grief and I just want Him to finish His judgement and take me home. I see the corruption, deception, and death all […]

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Pull Those Weeds!

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   A thought hit me today as I was watering our seed starts for our garden.  In some of the packs there are weeds that I’m watering.  Why am I doing that?  Of course I pulled out the ones that were blatant weeds(these are easily distinguishable once the real seed start comes up.   In […]

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Walk Worthy In The Spirit

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Ephesians 4 is one of my favorite chapters in all of scripture. The beautiful unity of the church at large has always intrigued me.  Regardless of gender, age, socio-economic class, ethnicity, or any other possible division, there can be oneness in love. It’s also no surprise that we also see fruit of the Spirit mentioned. […]