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7 things God is able to do
7 things God is able to do from Ephesians 3:20. God is able: 1. To do (Gk. = work) 2. To do what we ask 3. To do what we ask or think 4. To do all that we ask or think 5. To do beyond all that we ask…
Created 5 months ago
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Heavenly Vision
I love Paul's statement in verse 19 that he was not "disobedient to the heavenly vision." It's easy to be faithful to the vision when we first get it or when we are on a spiritual high. It's a far greater…
Created about 1 year ago
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Cast That Net!
A fisherman once told me, “make sure you cast your net as wide as you can!” I thought that was rather obvious, but it is easier said than done. I think this is what is going on in this passage. Jesus…
Created over 1 year ago
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Your Heavenly Advantage
I heard of a boy's school where every morning at assemble each boy would recite a phrase of the Apostle's Creed. One morning, it started off fine with the first boy affirming, "I believe in God the Father…
Created over 1 year ago
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Handling The Dangling Thread
Years ago I was at a men's store ready to buy one of my first expensive suits. I tried on one that had a thread dangling. I gingerly tried to move it when the salesman came over and ripped it off. He…
Created over 1 year ago
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"No Man Left Behind" - A Sacred Promise
We’ve all heard the military quote “No Man left behind.” Someone shared about a friend of theirs, a veteran Marine, who told of a time when he and his buddies were trapped in Vietnam and an Army helicopter…
Created over 1 year ago
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Unlikely Circumstances Mean Nothing To God
I imagine that when Nehemiah received his vision from God his initial reaction was a "are you sure about this God?" After all, Nehemiah seemed to be the most unlikely of candidates. He wasn't an architect,…
Created over 2 years ago
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It's Time To Rebuild Your Broken Walls
Where do you start when you need to rebuild some walls in your life that have been broken down - whether it's a wall around Jerusalem, your marriage, your family, your home, your career or your reputation?…
Created over 2 years ago
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That's How I Want To Live Life
When we are living the vision God has for us, our lives will be enriched as we are fulfilling our destiny of being what God has called us to be and doing what God has called us to do. But more importantly…
Created over 2 years ago
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Colossians: An Arrogant Book!
In one sense Colossians is the most arrogant book in the Bible and I love it so! In this "Jesus plus" world we live in I am thankful for a book that unequivocal and unabashedly states the absolute sufficiency…
Created over 2 years ago
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One Special Birth Announcement
Birth Announcements are so cool to get (and especially to give out!). But they all have the same thing in common: they are all about this wonderful bundle of joy that has arrived for us to love, cherish,…
Created over 2 years ago
Isaiah 9:1 (NASB), Isaiah 9:2 (NASB), Isaiah 9:3 (NASB), Isaiah 9:4 (NASB), Isaiah 9:5 (NASB)
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A Light We’ve All Been Waiting For
Isaiah speaks of those under the “shadow of death.” Do not read this as some mild and meek term (like someone asking whether you would rather be run over by a semi or merely it’s shadow – duh? I think…
Created over 2 years ago
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Prince Of Peace
Interestingly, this begins the first of Isaiah's 25 references to peace. For those of us under the threatening clouds of doubt, devastation, darkness, despair and death (as they were) an introduction…
Created over 2 years ago
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Everlasting Father
This title often confuses people but it shouldn't. It is an idiom. There are many idioms in the Bible. Consider the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey." Obviously, the picture is that of a fertile…
Created over 2 years ago
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The Mighty God
As the Mighty God, Jesus is strong enough to affect whatever change we need in our lives! He has the power over disease, darkness of life, depth of sin and even the grip of death! I was talking with someone…
Created over 2 years ago
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My Wonderful Counsellor
We are a society of analysts without answers; counsellors without cures. I was a psychology major in college. In one class the professor admitted, "we have no answer for guilt but to tell someone they…
Created over 2 years ago
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The Wonderful One
In light of the over 300 titles given to Jesus in the Bible what a title for Isaiah to start off with! Whether it was a paralytic, a woman caught in adultery, the sick or the demon possessed, it's how…
Created over 2 years ago
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Royalty To Rule
Someone once posed the question: "I'm much interested in the full title and rank of Queen Elizabeth of England and what her children call her?" The answer was: "The queen's full rank and title is: Elizabeth…
Created over 2 years ago
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Give to the King
The Heavenly King is worthy of our earthly treasures! Notice, the Wise Men didn't run out to the Bethlehem Mall for some last minute gift purchases. They didn't wait for the sales to kick in. They came…
Created over 2 years ago
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Worship the King
Notice the Wise Men announced their purpose (:2); Herod recognized their purpose (:8) and they fulfilled their purpose (:9-11) - they had come to worship the King! On this there could be no doubt. When…
Created over 2 years ago
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Find the King
The Wise Men set out to find the KIng; a long journey and a puppet king would not dissuade them. What of Christmas is leading you to find the King? It is amazing how so much around Christmas is really…
Created over 2 years ago
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Come/Go
We often focus on "who are the elect" whereas Scripture tends to focus on "who are the lost." As D.L. Moody once said, "Lord, save the elect and elect some more." I think that is an excellent mantra for…
Created almost 3 years ago
Luke 14:15 (NASB), Luke 14:16 (NASB), Luke 14:17 (NASB), Luke 14:18 (NASB), Luke 14:19 (NASB), Luke 14:20 (NASB), Luke 14:21 (NASB), Luke 14:22 (NASB), Luke 14:23 (NASB), Luke 14:24 (NASB)
Barry Teague
- bdteague
- New Bern, NC