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FOREVER! Really?
I generally try to avoid words like "forever" in my everyday conversations. And yet, throughout Scripture, we are reminded that our God was "in the beginning", our Lord Jesus "the alpha and omega-beginning…
Created 5 months ago
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Why we should daily eat from the Word
I've often been asked, especially by my beloved unbeliever "Why do you need so many Bibles" It's tough to explain to him, at times, that while Scripture hasn't changed, the way it is written has. Different…
Created 5 months ago
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Why the Chronological Reading Plan?
I've had some friends ask me "why Chronological". I've been blessed to have read my Bible a number of times from cover to cover...and started a "chrono" plan a few years ago, but never really completed…
Created 5 months ago
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Daniel PURPOSED...
Talk about true resolve! In the Hebrew it takes 3-4 words to describe this one in English.
Created 5 months ago
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Altars & Sacrifice
It's a new year (2012) and I'm fasting with LifeChurch and Church Online servant teams! My "fast" isn't food, but an activity which robs me of my time-television! I confess! I'm a "Law and Order" addict…
Created 5 months ago
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Look around-and REALLY SEE
How easy it is to take creation for granted! And yet if we take the time to look around, regardless of where we are, it is so very apparent that this didn't just "happen".
Created 6 months ago
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Self-righteousness?
One of the biggest factors in who I choose to hang out with is whether or not they are hypocritical. And more to the point self-righteous, whether in judging others or tooting their own horn. Here, Jesus…
Created over 1 year ago
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The KEY
How simplistic is this? I have hidden His Word in my heart that I might not sin against Him! One thing I have resolved to do this year is memorize Scripture more completely. I'm using (Navigators) Topical…
Created over 1 year ago
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Committment
How is your resolve so far as we fast? One of the things that strikes me is not just the resolve of these young men but the absoluteness of that resolve....even when faced with the possibility of disobeying…
Created over 1 year ago
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Counting the Cost
Even tho David was offered the property for free, he said "No", it MUST cost me! During this time of fasting, its also a good time to consider the cost that Christ paid for us, I think. Whatever you…
Created over 1 year ago
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Daniel's resolution...
I am especially struck by what Daniel hoped to accomplish 1) gain understanding and 2) humility before God. As a result Daniel was heard and the Lord sent a visible response! Entering into a fast is…
Created over 1 year ago
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Dancing FOR the King
Remember the movie "Footloose"? -if not, it was about a pastor who was really down on dancing. Here, we have David chastising his wife Michal after she gives some negative feedback about his dancing…
Created over 1 year ago
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Simply....
How much the Lord directs us with so few words! His directives are so easy even a child can do it -if only we listen and obey! 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Created over 1 year ago
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The First Lamb
As one raised in Jewish tradition, the Passover is a time of family gathering for a seder, which is essentially, having a Passover meal and a formal ritual which can today be found and followed by a "Pesach…
Created over 1 year ago
Exodus 12:1 (NIV84), Exodus 12:2 (NIV84), Exodus 12:3 (NIV84), Exodus 12:4 (NIV84), Exodus 12:5 (NIV84), Exodus 12:6 (NIV84), Exodus 12:7 (NIV84), Exodus 12:8 (NIV84), Exodus 12:9 (NIV84), Exodus 12:10 (NIV84), Exodus 12:11 (NIV84), Exodus 12:12 (NIV84), Exodus 12:13 (NIV84), Exodus 12:14 (NIV84), Exodus 12:15 (NIV84), Exodus 12:16 (NIV84), Exodus 12:17 (NIV84), Exodus 12:18 (NIV84), Exodus 12:19 (NIV84), Exodus 12:20 (NIV84), Exodus 12:21 (NIV84), Exodus 12:22 (NIV84), Exodus 12:23 (NIV84), Exodus 12:24 (NIV84), Exodus 12:25 (NIV84), Exodus 12:26 (NIV84), Exodus 12:27 (NIV84), Exodus 12:28 (NIV84), Exodus 12:29 (NIV84), Exodus 12:30 (NIV84), Exodus 12:31 (NIV84), Exodus 12:32 (NIV84), Exodus 12:33 (NIV84), Exodus 12:34 (NIV84), Exodus 12:35 (NIV84), Exodus 12:36 (NIV84), Exodus 12:37 (NIV84), Exodus 12:38 (NIV84), Exodus 12:39 (NIV84), Exodus 12:40 (NIV84), Exodus 12:41 (NIV84), Exodus 12:42 (NIV84)
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I Wonder
There is so much in today's readings to ponder..and even question. Over all of it is the absolute knowledge that despite deceit and seeming trickery and manipulation-God was in charge.
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 28:1 (NIV84), Genesis 28:2 (NIV84), Genesis 28:3 (NIV84), Genesis 28:4 (NIV84), Genesis 28:5 (NIV84), Genesis 28:6 (NIV84), Genesis 28:7 (NIV84), Genesis 28:8 (NIV84), Genesis 28:9 (NIV84), Genesis 28:10 (NIV84), Genesis 28:11 (NIV84), Genesis 28:12 (NIV84), Genesis 28:13 (NIV84), Genesis 28:14 (NIV84), Genesis 28:15 (NIV84), Genesis 28:16 (NIV84), Genesis 28:17 (NIV84), Genesis 28:18 (NIV84), Genesis 28:19 (NIV84), Genesis 28:20 (NIV84), Genesis 28:21 (NIV84), Genesis 28:22 (NIV84)
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Provider
The story of Abraham and God's test of his faith is chock full of examples. First..that God does indeed provide! Next, that Abraham chose God, even over his son, the son of promise. Lastly, this is a…
Created over 1 year ago
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At any age!
As I get older and often feel less "usable" Abraham (and Moses etc) encourage me. Abraham was 75 when God called him! That God will use us at any age-will call us to serve Him right where we are, when…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 12:1 (NIV84), Genesis 12:2 (NIV84), Genesis 12:3 (NIV84), Genesis 12:4 (NIV84), Genesis 12:5 (NIV84), Genesis 12:6 (NIV84), Genesis 12:7 (NIV84), Genesis 12:8 (NIV84), Genesis 12:9 (NIV84), Genesis 12:10 (NIV84), Genesis 12:11 (NIV84), Genesis 12:12 (NIV84), Genesis 12:13 (NIV84), Genesis 12:14 (NIV84), Genesis 12:15 (NIV84), Genesis 12:16 (NIV84), Genesis 12:17 (NIV84), Genesis 12:18 (NIV84), Genesis 12:19 (NIV84), Genesis 12:20 (NIV84)
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Man proposes
I love God's sense of humor here! There they are, Noah's descendants-all in one place and NOT doing what God asked which was to “Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28).…
Created over 1 year ago
Genesis 11:1 (NIV84), Genesis 11:2 (NIV84), Genesis 11:3 (NIV84), Genesis 11:4 (NIV84), Genesis 11:5 (NIV84), Genesis 11:6 (NIV84), Genesis 11:7 (NIV84), Genesis 11:8 (NIV84), Genesis 11:9 (NIV84)
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Covenant w/o conditions=PROMISE
Most covenants in ancient times were two-party agreements. That is, each person or group involved specified what he or she would do to carry out the agreement. If one side failed to perform, the agreement…
Created over 1 year ago
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What group of people are you the most unwilling to show compassion?
IMHO..as Jesus said..love your NEIGHBOR as yourself. It has been my personal experience that those who I may perceive as "least worthy" of compassion are the ones that deserve our compassion most. Who…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Noise
During the Christmas season, we, too often, get caught up in the hustle and bustle. To ease the stress-remember to spend some quiet--I mean REALLY quiet time with God-just be still, and BE with HIM!
Created over 2 years ago
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We are given the gifts of the Spirit
Our spiritual gifts—are not for selfish enjoyment but for the benefit of the body of Christ. We should not ask, therefore, ‘Do I want to exercise my spiritual gift?’ but rather ‘How does the body need…
Created over 2 years ago
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Prayer is...
Prayer for others isn’t a duty. It is a joy: a special opportunity to caress and be close to people we love.
Created over 2 years ago
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In the face of change...
As I continue to be confronted with the nature of change...and that change in my life is inevitable...I hold on to this truth..that God is the same, yesterday, today, tomorrow-FOREVER! True stability…
Created over 2 years ago
