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The Thing I Seek Most
I have to confess that living with the Lord and delighting in his perfections is not the one thing I seek most. Most of what I seek is for my own comfort and benefit. Right now, the thing I seek most…
Created about 1 year ago
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Obsolete and Outdated
"What is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." This could be the motto of so many of our churches and so many of our methodologies within the church. We hold on to traditions, methods, events,…
Created about 1 year ago
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How Lucky I Am
Sometimes in the midst of ministry, the day to day struggle of budgets and dealing with problems, struggling to keep a new church plant going, balancing work and family and ministry time, plowing ahead…
Created about 1 year ago
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We Know?
As Christians, we love this verse. We quote it often and use it as a source of comfort in troubling times. It seems that we take particular assurance from it during times of great tragedy. But do we…
Created over 1 year ago
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God's Approval
Too often we evaluate ourselves and our lives based on arbitrary standards that we have set for ourselves or that our culture sets for us or by comparing ourselves to others. The net effect is always…
Created over 1 year ago
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Christ is our Yes
I love this verse. I love that in Christ we have the fulfillment of God's promises. I love that God speaks affirmation into our lives through his Son.
Created over 1 year ago
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Immaturity = Slavery
So long as believers continue to live as immature children, they continue to be like slaves. Immaturity as a Christ-follower means we will continue to be in bondage to our sin. We will continue to be…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Lord protects the unwary
Thank God. God protects us even when we don't know we are in danger. He protects us from dangers we don't know are about to overtake us, from enemies we don't know are going to attack, from threats to…
Created almost 2 years ago
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May Those Who Long for Your Saving Help
If you want God's help, praise him. Somehow, praising God during times of distress brings God's rescue. Is it because God acts when we praise him? Is it that our times of distress are more bearable when…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Stop the Slander
So many relational issues in life would be solved if people would practice this, silence those who slander their neighbors. If we would refuse to listen to gossip and slander, if we would proactively…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Glory in Your Praise
"Glory in your praise" - what a great description of the joy of worship. It's those times when worship brings us a real sense of God's presence, when the hairs raise up on the back of our necks, when…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Undivided Loyalty
Lord, I pray you would give me people like that, people ready to go to battle, people ready to help follow the vision, and people who have undivided loyalty to you.
Created almost 2 years ago
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Understood the Times
Lord, make me that kind of man, a man who understands the times and knows what your people should do. Give me insight into our world and our culture and society and politics and the hearts of your people,…
Created almost 2 years ago
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Dysfunctional Relationships
At the beginning of it all, you have the foundation for all the relational difficulty and struggle and misunderstanding and dysfunction that has happened since then. This is why relationships are so hard.…
Created about 3 years ago
