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2012
I love these verses! No need to panic over alarms or surprises or predictions that doomsday's just around the corner because God will be right there with you; he will keep you safe and sound. No need…
Created 6 months ago
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Importance of teaching your kids about God
As I read this I thought, how did an entire generation grow up without knowing anything about God or the work He had done for Israel. And my next thought was, because the parents did not heed the advice…
Created 6 months ago
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How to Witness
You know, so many times you hear of people going out into the world to "witness" to the world about the need to repent and turn from their wicked ways. The problem is that often times the way that is…
Created 6 months ago
Deuteronomy 32:1 (MSG), Deuteronomy 32:2 (MSG), Deuteronomy 32:3 (MSG)
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Freedom in Christ
You know, often times when I think about the freedom in Christ, it is hard to wrap my mind around it. It is hard to explain and hard to grasp. I mean, lets be honest, sometimes it seems like we had more…
Created 7 months ago
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Turn the other cheek
This is what Jesus meant by turn the other cheek when someone strikes you. You see, what we see is that someone physically assaulted you and that causes us to want to fight back. However, in Jesus' day,…
Created 7 months ago
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Forgetting God
Have you ever noticed that when we neglect to spend time with God, it is typically because we allow the day to day obligations and worries to consume our minds and our hearts to the point that we just…
Created 8 months ago
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Line item in family budget for the poor and needy?
As I was reading this I wonder something. God is telling the Jews, when they harvest their fields, shake their olive trees, pick their grapes, do whatever they need to do for their livelihood, that whatever…
Created about 2 years ago
Deuteronomy 24:19 (MSG), Deuteronomy 24:20 (MSG), Deuteronomy 24:21 (MSG), Deuteronomy 24:22 (MSG)
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Obedient Trust
WOW! Eugene Peterson put this verse so well. He says, through Jesus we receive the gift of life and have the urgent task of telling others who receive that gift in obedient trust all about it. Obedient…
Created about 2 years ago
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messed up math?
You know, there are several places in the Bible where the math just doesn't seem to add up. And this one of those instances. We are told that when Jacob goes to Egypt with his family, that 66 go with…
Created over 2 years ago
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They were friends once
I never noticed this before. I am not sure why, but I never did. According to Genesis 26:26-31, Isaac, the father of Jacob, had friendly relations with the Philistines. I mean, Abimilech who was king…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 26:26 (MSG), Genesis 26:27 (MSG), Genesis 26:28 (MSG), Genesis 26:29 (MSG), Genesis 26:30 (MSG), Genesis 26:31 (MSG)
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To speak or not to speak
You know, so often today, it is becoming common practice for companies to tell their employees they cannot talk about their Christian faith. They threaten us with being fired, written up, etc.... And…
Created over 2 years ago
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You don't have to live like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSr-2THXxQ Excellent video from Rob Bell called the God's aren't angry. He talks about how much God loves you. Goes really well with Psalm 32:1-2. Enjoy!!
Created over 2 years ago
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The trouble with getting ahead of God
This story should serve as a reminder to us of the danger of getting ahead of God. I mean, Sarah had been promised by the Angel of the Lord, that she would have a baby. But it did not happen fast enough…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 16:1 (MSG), Genesis 16:2 (MSG), Genesis 16:3 (MSG), Genesis 16:4 (MSG), Genesis 16:5 (MSG)
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Your beauty and love chase after me
I have seen this take place this last week. There is a lady who lives in the town that I live in and she attended our church for a little while a few years back. Two of her children died in a car wreck…
Created over 2 years ago
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So True
You know, it is funny how you never see the truth of this scripture until you are on the other side of the bottle looking back at how messed up life was while you were so consumed with a love for booze.…
Created over 2 years ago