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A Gentle Answer Actually Works
http://www.leadingsmart.com/leadingsmart/2009/08/a-gentle-answer.html (http://www.leadingsmart.com/leadingsmart/2009/08/a-gentle-answer.html) Blog link to Leadingsmart.com where I wrote about this verse.
Created almost 3 years ago
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Victory by Surrender
http://vimeo.com/6147262 A monologue from Granger Community Church about the victory that comes when we surrender fully to God
Created almost 3 years ago
Exodus 14:14 (MSG), Joshua 1:5 (MSG), Psalm 27:1 (MSG), Isaiah 40:28 (MSG), Isaiah 40:29 (MSG)
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Deep-Spirited friends
The MSG translation of this verse jarred me: "Agree with each other. Love each other. Be deep-spirited friends." I know what that means, but I've never heard that term. And I think I've only had a handful…
Created almost 3 years ago
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Ineffective Parenting
How is it possible that one generation follows God, and the next generation "didn't know anything of God or the work he had done." God...help me to embed in my kids the goodness of you and your work.
Created almost 4 years ago
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Take a Day Off, Dude
When it's been many days of straight work and no rest, we like to say, "It's just a busy season." It looks like God isn't giving us a pass during a busy season. He tells the people of Israel to take a…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Moses Calms God Down?
It is amazing to think how a God who can see the future can lose his temper when something happens. It is even more amazing that "Moses tried to calm his God down..." Whoa.
Created almost 4 years ago
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Why didn't Pharaoh kill Joseph?
It is interesting that Pharaoh didn't kill Joseph. It obviously wasn't beneath him to do so (just see the plight of the baker in 40:22). I wonder if it is because he didn't believe his wife. He knew Joseph…
Created about 4 years ago
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Joseph Was Doing My Job
It is interesting to me that Joseph accomplished what was my stated goal when I first came to Granger. I told Beeson, "I want to put feet to your vision." I wanted to run everything so smoothly that Mark…
Created about 4 years ago
Genesis 39:1 (ASV), Genesis 39:2 (ASV), Genesis 39:3 (ASV), Genesis 39:4 (ASV), Genesis 39:5 (ASV), Genesis 39:6 (ASV)
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A True Picture of Forgiveness
What happened in Esau's life between Genesis 27:41 and 33:4? His brother tricked him, manipulated his father, stole what was rightly his, and Esau was so mad he had plans to kill him. Jacob has been on…
Created about 4 years ago
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An Encounter With God
I love what my devotional says about this passage: "No family is perfect. God uses broken people to accomplish his purposes. He has no other choice. Take Jacob for example. He let his mother manipulate…
Created about 4 years ago
Genesis 28:10 (ASV), Genesis 28:11 (ASV), Genesis 28:12 (ASV), Genesis 28:13 (ASV), Genesis 28:14 (ASV), Genesis 28:15 (ASV), Genesis 28:16 (ASV), Genesis 28:17 (ASV), Genesis 28:18 (ASV), Genesis 28:19 (ASV), Genesis 28:20 (ASV), Genesis 28:21 (ASV), Genesis 28:22 (ASV)
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Abraham Gets Up to Kill Isaac Without a Question
I don't see any indication that Abraham questioned God, or got other opinions. I find that unbelievable! Did he trust God so much that he absolutely knew in his heart that God was trustworthy, that God…
Created about 4 years ago
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Abraham was jealous!
Abram was a jealous man evidently. And I find it interesting that God didn't rebuke him for it. Abram is saying, "That guy has it better than me." And rather than saying, "Don't be jealous", instead God…
Created about 4 years ago
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A beautiful wife
I can't help but note that Abram and I have something in common...a stunningly beautiful wife! But what the heck was he thinking? Saying she's his sister and letting her live with another man? Just a…
Created about 4 years ago
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One Language
The reading today in Kuniholm's book (reading #5, yes I'm behind) had a great point about language. It made me think of the language we as a church try to use to reach people. It's almost as if God is…
Created about 4 years ago
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Marking significant moments
It almost sounds as if God put the rainbow in the sky as a reminder to himself. Verse 15 says when he sees the rainbow, "I'll remember my covenant..." I think we can assume that God doesn't really forget…
Created about 4 years ago
Genesis 9:13 (ASV), Genesis 9:14 (ASV), Genesis 9:15 (ASV), Genesis 9:16 (ASV), Genesis 9:17 (ASV)
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Noah killed off an entire species
Not a deep spiritual thought here, but it is interesting to me that God brought a pair from every species to the ark to be saved...and as soon as the flood had past and God opened the door, Noah caught…
Created about 4 years ago
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Day 3 - Getting God to Notice
What does it take to get God to notice me? In the Message, these verses say, "But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah...Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked…
Created about 4 years ago
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Did Adam get off easy?
Since I really love to work, it's hard to imagine that the man's punishment was as painful for him as the woman's was for her. However, I do realize that the pain they both received was a severed relationship…
Created about 4 years ago
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Blaming Others
I guess this is where it started, huh? I know my first response is to blame others when I do something wrong. I see my kids doing the same thing. I guess we come by it naturally -- through natural sin,…
Created about 4 years ago
