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Trials of Various Kinds
What kinds of trials do we face? Life gives us various kinds - spiritual, financial, physical, emotional, transitional. Each type has it's own particular challenges, but none are beyond God's wisdom.…
Created 3 months ago
Mark 3:25 (ESV), Romans 12:1 (ESV), Romans 12:2 (ESV), James 1:2 (ESV)
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Knowing the Will of God
Many times I hear people ask, "How can I know God's will for my life?" or maybe "How can I hear God's voice?" We long to hear from God and yet he has spoken so much that we refuse to listen to. As I look…
Created 3 months ago
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Death Passes Over Me
The incredible links between Passover and Jesus' sacrifice for us on the Cross. Jesus was born in Bethlehem - a place known for raising unblemished sheep that would be used in the Temple for sacrifice.…
Created 3 months ago
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The Rewards of Fasting
What then is this reward from prayer and fasting? Jesus promises a reward in prayer (verse 6) and now a reward in fasting (verse 18). We must be careful not to turn these verses into some kind of reward…
Created 4 months ago
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This River Runs Through Me!
What a vision! Water flowing from the Temple, increasing in depth farther from the source. How could that happen? Water that trickles from the south side of the Temple becomes a river in less than a mile.…
Created 4 months ago
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Blessed Means Happy
Blessed literally means to be happy. How in the world could anyone be blessed when they are poor in spirit, mourning or persecuted? I can see how I might be happy being meek, merciful, pure in heart,…
Created 4 months ago
Matthew 5:3 (ESV), Matthew 5:4 (ESV), Matthew 5:5 (ESV), Matthew 5:6 (ESV), Matthew 5:7 (ESV), Matthew 5:8 (ESV), Matthew 5:9 (ESV), Matthew 5:10 (ESV), Matthew 5:11 (ESV), Matthew 5:12 (ESV), Philippians 4:11 (ESV), Philippians 4:12 (ESV)
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Got Milk?
The right diet and care is essential for babies. Proper development happens because infants are fed and cared for by loving parents. When somethings goes wrong and children don't follow the normal growth…
Created 4 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-21
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Comfort in Affliction
Comfort in affliction - what does that mean? The word for affliction means pressure. To have affliction means to be under pressure. I'm guessing most people today live under affliction! The problem is…
Created 4 months ago
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If You Don't Think It You Won't Sin It
Fasting helps us overcome the cries of the flesh that are always clamoring for attention. Our minds struggle to shut off these messages that all have the same motivation - gratification of self even at…
Created 4 months ago
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Full of It!
Jesus heads into the desert "full of the Holy Spirit" and then after being tempted by Satan returned in the "power of the Spirit" (verse 14). Those who follow Jesus also have the fullness of the Spirit…
Created 4 months ago
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The Lord is Good!
Giving thanks begins with understanding the very basic idea that the Lord is good! This is a thought that has been proclaimed many places in the Bible including: Psalm 25:8, 106:1, 119:68, 2 Chronicles…
Created 4 months ago
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Don't Fast from This!
Passover, the celebration of Israel's freedom from Egypt. The blood of the lamb applied to the doorpost to protect against the final plague given to convince Pharaoh to release the captives. Jesus takes…
Created 4 months ago
Mark 14:22 (ESV), Mark 14:23 (ESV), Mark 14:24 (ESV), Mark 14:25 (ESV)
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Two Kinds of Fasting
Contrast these two fasts - one has to do with our normal understanding of fasting - doing without. But this is not the fast God has chosen. Verse 6 says dealing with wickedness in world and helping those…
Created 5 months ago
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Enlarge My Heart!
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!To often I want to believe that my capacity to keep God's law, to live his plan for my life, comes from me. This is incorrect and I…
Created 5 months ago
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I'm Not Wise!
What would it be like to be wise and have youth? I must say that I am envious of Daniel and his friends. I was not very wise or smart as a kid, in fact I'm often not sure of my wisdom now even at 55 years…
Created 5 months ago
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No New Altars Needed!
I think caution is advised here as we study the command David received to build an altar. An altar is a place of sacrifice and the sacrifical system of the OT is no longer in place for us today - thankfully!…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-10
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The Word First - Fasting Second?
Daniel's fast is a response to a word from God that conflicted him. After 21 days of fasting he received a vision to help him understand the word that was already given. Today we have the Word. Does it…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-10
