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Worldwide
What a passage, where Isaiah realizes two things: 1. God trusts him with great knowledge. Isaiah has seen God, been anointed and appointed, and now he sees that God trusts him with even more. Its reminiscent…
Created about 1 month ago
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Complete Joy
Remember the children's song, "Love is nothing 'til you give it away"? Imagine getting a shiny new toy, but then keeping it hidden so no one can see it, touch it, or steal it. You would spend the whole…
Created 5 months ago
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The Love Of God- Trouble
I have long told my children to be careful when someone else gets into trouble not to be make fun of them or enjoy it when an enemy suffers. The second half of this verse says this, "You will be punished…
Created 10 months ago
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Jesus Is My Wet Wipe
I really enjoy ribs. When I lived in Charleston, WV I went to the Rib Fest on Magic Island. There were several different vendors, both professional and amateur, that would prepare their ribs in the…
Created 11 months ago
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The Great Cover Up
I heard a story that broke my heart; a story of loss, anger, and even physical sickness after a visit from a birth-mother to her estranged baby. The love and grace with which the caregivers reacted and…
Created 11 months ago
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Mediation
A scary thought, but there was a time when there was nothing between man and God's wrath but another man. Even if that man were Moses or Joshua or David, they were only human. But when God Himself steps…
Created 12 months ago
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The Measure Of A Man
Boaz may have been attracted to Naomi; for sure he knew the right thing to do: to take care of Naomi. But I see his integrity shining in the way Boaz got the elders together. It reminds of how Jesus spoke…
Created almost 1 year ago
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God's Communicator
In the days before Jesus' birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension, God sent angels to communicate with human kind. They always seemed to strike fear and amazement into every one who saw them. People…
Created about 1 year ago
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Volunteers
God was ready to move and in Judges chapter 4 we see that He had already gone ahead of the army of Israel and confused Sisera's army. But God used volunteers to do the work of war. When God moves He…
Created about 1 year ago
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What's Your Weakness?
Sometimes I am afraid we dumb this passage down when we limit it to being about sex; after all, we use the word "lust" in a mostly sexual way anymore. But this time I had to teach this verse to kids between…
Created about 1 year ago
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Distinction
What a great picture of how God protects His own people in the midst of his judgement. We have nothing to fear from God's judgment when it is against our enemies.
Created about 1 year ago
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In His Time
I love the words used here, "at the appointed time." after everything that Abraham had done to make God's will happen; all the mistakes, all the messes, God's will was accomplished "at the appointed time."…
Created about 1 year ago
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Protecting The Promise
Genesis 15:1-21 Most people familiar with this passage know that this is where God made the covenant with Abraham through which the promise of ultimate redemption would come; viz. the image of God walking…
Created about 1 year ago
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More Than The World
God demands more than what the world would give when it comes to making a sacrifice. In fact, the world has no real understanding of what the Lord requires of us There is little difference in history…
Created over 1 year ago
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God Showed Up
Isn't it interesting how after a couple of plagues, even Pharaoh's magicians look to him and say, "Whoa, this is big! You should listen to these guys." I wonder how many times God has shown up in front…
Created over 1 year ago
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Under Control
Even when Jesus Himself was on the earth, religious people tried to keep His people boxed up. We are called to praise Him with EVERYTHING! We must not watch those around us, but focus on the Lord who…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Importance of Truth
Jesus said He had come to testify to the truth. How important does it mean that truth is to God, that He would send His Son as the punctuation mark?
Created over 1 year ago
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the Goodness Of My Heart
"all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" Isaiah 64:6b We were wrapping furiously! People were lining up to have those last minute gifts wrapped for free. Our church was doing Servant Evangelism,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Live At Peace
No matter what comes upon me, no matter what else is going on around me, I must always do everything in MY power to live at peace with all men. This is where "walking in the shoes of the preparation of…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Music, The Man, and God
I have often wondered about what would happen with my music. I mean, I have been writing music now for six years or so, singing all my life (see my Bio), and giving all glory to God, who is the Author…
Created almost 3 years ago
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My Assignment
As Paul asks, God answers, "Get up and do what you have been assigned to do." God knew the plans He had for Paul, just the same as He knows the plans He has for us. (see Jeremiah 29:11) We, like Paul,…
Created almost 3 years ago
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My Assignment
As Paul asks, God answers, "Get up and do what you have been assigned to do." God knew the plans He had for Paul, just the same as He knows the plans He has for us. (see Jeremiah 29:11) We, like Paul,…
Created almost 3 years ago
