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Can You Just Heal My Boy?
The disciples had plenty of great experiences to boast about. They were in the inner circle. They had been hanging out with one of Israel's most popular rabbis. But on this day, they were powerless. They…
Created 7 months ago
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God's Agenda Since Creation
Since the beginning of all things, God has been in the business of creating beautiful things out of emptiness. Though I don't embrace the "gap theory," I do embrace the pre-Adamic catastrophe theory,…
Created 7 months ago
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As Good as Done
We "have been made right" refers to an action that has been completed but which has ongoing effects. We have been completely made right for all time when we are in Christ. Therefore we have (that is,…
Created 7 months ago
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Use It Or Lose It
Staying in contact with God through His Word is a lot like studying a foreign language. As long as we are immersed in it, our knowledge and understanding of it grow. But when we stop our study, we stunt…
Created 7 months ago
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Whatever It Takes
There is both a corporate aspect to this verse (we should be adaptable as a community to communicate the gospel effectively to the surrounding culture) as well as an individual aspect (I should be willing…
Created 8 months ago
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Compel Everyone
Everyone needs to be invited to the kingdom, and though as believers we often see ourselves as the invitees, enjoying the feast, we are really the servants. Our role isn't to sit back and feast. There…
Created 8 months ago
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A Prayer for the Nations
This verse is a ptomuse from the Father to His Son. All nations will come under the authority of Jesus as His inheritance. Right now, this verse is ours to pray and to carry out - to win the nations to…
Created about 1 year ago
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Does God Change His Mind?
I don't think so. But in the early chapters of the Bible, when we see God relating to a very primitive people who had no Bible, He seems to communicate Himself in very simple, primitive ways to people.…
Created over 1 year ago
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Incomplete Obedience?
Incomplete obedience isn't obedience at all. It's disobedience. Noah didn't do 80% of what God wanted with a 20% self-imposed modification of God's plans. Instead, he did ALL that God commanded him to…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Beginning of Grace
This is the first mention of anyone "finding grace." It points out that Noah was a sinful human being in the line of Adam, as we are.
Created over 1 year ago
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Giants On Earth
These verses have been the source of some theological controversy. Some teach that the "sons of God" were angels (fallen ones, I presume) who married human women and produced a race of giants. But there…
Created over 1 year ago
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God's Plan for Growing Up
Four areas of life are covered - a complete pattern for adolescent development. Jesus grew mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. I find it interesting that Jesus grew in "favor" (comes from…
Created over 1 year ago
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Strong in Spirit
We use the phrase "in spirit" without meaning, but here it refers to Jesus' personality. He grew stronger in who He was. His identity was being shaped by wisdom and grace.
Created over 1 year ago
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Cooperating With the Supernatural God
This is one of so many instances where something rigid, like the law, something fluid, like Simeon's will, and something supernatural - the Holy Spirit all work together to fulfill God's will.
Created over 1 year ago
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They Came With Haste
In plays, they're always walking. But they just saw the portal of heaven itself opened with those awesome creatures described in Revelation singing to them. They RAN to Bethlehem. Perhaps we should run…
Created over 1 year ago
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Prophecy Fullfilled on Caesar's Command
I love the fact that while the whole world was focused on Caesar as this false god-like emperor, he was really just God's messenger boy to bring about something immensely more important - the birth of…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Intimacy of Creation
God breathed into his nostrils, requiring a very close, face-to-face encounter. This is God's intention for us from creation, that our faces be close to His as we depend on Him for every breathe and for…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Intimacy of Creation
God breathed into his nostrils, reauiring a very close, face-to-face encounter. This is God's intention for us from creation, that our faces be close to His as we depend on Him for every breathe and for…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Intimacy of Creation
God breathed into his nostrils, reauiring a very close, face-to-face encounter. This is God's intention for us from creation, that our faces be close to His as we depend on Him for every breathe and for…
Created over 1 year ago
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Don't Skip Over the Servants
Nehemiah 7 is one of those chapters that we might easily skip when we're on our mad dash to get through the Bible in a year, but this chapter represents God's thoughts about the place of servants within…
Created over 1 year ago
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When God Plants a Thought
I have a tendency to miss God sometimes. A brilliant idea comes to my mind that winds up producing amazing results and I actually think I cam up with it! I love how Nehemiah gives credit to God for planting…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Best Response to Criticism
...is to take it to God. He alone is the One for whom we perform this act called life, and His approval alone is all that matters. When criticism comes, go to God.
Created over 1 year ago
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The Persistence of Distractions
"But they sent me this message four times..." That's the nature of distractions. They keep coming. And our response has to be equally persistent. No. No. No. Absolutely not. Keep saying "no" to the persistence…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Value of Focus In Ministry
I love this verse - it's one of my favorites in the context of doing ministry. There will always be opportunities to do all kinds of things, but none are more important than doing exactly what God has…
Created over 1 year ago
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