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Where does zeal lead?
Never lacking in zeal keep your fervor for the Lord v. 11 NIV Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Message I've wonder why it is that…
Created over 2 years ago
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My Own Prison
I wonder if Paul meant "prisoner" literally since he wrote from a jail cell in Rome or metaphorically since he lived his life as a prisoner to the heart and mission of God. He seems to be founding the…
Created over 2 years ago
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Missional living
Jesus was passing through! Not on his way to Jericho but passing through. Zaccheus represents a obstacle not an opportunity. Yet Zaccheus also represents Jesus' mission, seek and save the lost. Amazing…
Created over 2 years ago
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What do you do?
James a servant of God. I am lost in meditation this morning on this phrase. What if my life were captured by this phrase? What if the wake, aroma, epitaph of my life was simple, Roy, a servant of God.…
Created over 2 years ago
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See the Two Sins
My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Probably one of the two or three most profound…
Created over 2 years ago
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Viral Christianity
We could spend a week in this chapter! The viral (bacterial, virus, germs, etc) nature of the way of Jesus is found in Herod's response. Didn't I kill John the Baptist, then who are these twelves guys…
Created over 2 years ago
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Words are important
Snuggling a 4 week old, caring for a almost 3 and cradling a computer on the arm of the chair made finishing this post yesterday more than I could do! I wonder how I ever raised 4 kids! In a USA Today,…
Created over 2 years ago
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Words are important
Snuggling a 4 week old, caring for a almost 3 and cradling a computer on the arm of the chair made finishing this post yesterday more than I could do! I wonder how I ever raised 4 kids! In a USA Today,…
Created over 2 years ago
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Ears that hear
John 3:10 Jesus speaking, "You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? Having a theological degree I fear these words. Nicodemus was the creme de la creme of Israel's…
Created over 2 years ago
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Crossing THE Line!
The danger in having an understanding of the Greek that the Bible was written in is the distractions that come. For instance starting in verse 3 thru verse 14 you have one long very convoluted sentence.…
Created over 2 years ago
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Capstone of J1 earner to heir
Hard to think about this passage this morning without letting last night's group inform me. I was once again amazed at the visceral confusion of earning and becoming an heir. This is the key verse in…
Created over 2 years ago
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To become like Mephibosheth
Seeing a friend in a wheel chair doesn't inspire me to lose the use of my legs. But this passage makes me wonder if not having my full capabilities is as much a hinderance as it is an advantage. Mephibosheth…
Created over 2 years ago
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A place to visit often
This passage apart from the 3 stories that Jesus tells, has taught me more than any other in the Bible. It is not really the content of the chapter as much as what I've learned after returning so many…
Created over 2 years ago
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On formulas and receipes or at least ingredients
Got a little out of order but had to go back to II Peter 1. Don't know if there are 2 verses in the Bible packed with more truth and promise than verses 2 and 3. Granted everything for life and godliness.…
Created over 2 years ago
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Belief and Behavior, a connection?
If I really lived out the first 4 verses of this chapter, I would not ever think hiding from God is a possibility. So if God is intimately involved with my thoughts even before I have them, why wouldn't…
Created over 2 years ago
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The power of a pronoun
So easy to read the Lord is my shepherd I SHALL NOT WANT. Today I am touched by the power of a pronoun. The Lord is MY shepherd. Not "the" shepherd but "my" shepherd. To think that the creator the universe…
Created over 2 years ago
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Bible Study? Information or Transformation?
II Timothy 3 I love this passage. It starts in a deep dark valley with a very accurate description of what is going on today and sometimes going on in me! But it ends with a stake in the ground. The…
Created over 2 years ago
2 Timothy 3:1 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:2 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:3 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:4 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:5 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:6 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:7 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:8 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:9 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:10 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:11 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:12 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:13 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:14 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:15 (ASV), 2 Timothy 3:16 (ASV)
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Is it God's place in my life or my place in God's
I memorized this Psalm a long time ago. Amazing how it has stuck with me. After that introduction that sounds horns, crashes cymbals to announce the Creator, verse 4 is like a quite whisper. The humility…
Created over 2 years ago
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Breaking it down!
1 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what…
Created over 2 years ago
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7 Journeys Bible Reading Plan
7 Journeys Bible Reading Guide Week One-Introduction 1/11 Romans 12 1/12 Psalm 8 1/13 II Timothy 3 1/14 Psalms 23 1/15 II Peter 1 1/16 Psalms 139 1/17 Matthew 5 Weel Two-J1 from earner to heir 1/18 Luke…
Created over 2 years ago
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Darius was a made man
Darius doesn't get a grand ascendancy, "He took the throne!" No he was made king, very passive almost weak. May seem like a leap but preparing for last week's message I became aware of a name or label…
Created over 2 years ago