It’s Thanksgiving season and the good Lord has me reflecting upon all the wonderful things to be thankful for. I picture gratitude in my head as concentric circles, starting deep within myself. I think about how grateful I am for what God has done in me. Some days it’s just too incredible a thought to […]
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Mt 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”MacDonald on Heb 12:14What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His
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I used to drive a lot for work. In fact, at one point, my office was an hour and a half away from my home (that was without any traffic, which was rare). This gave me a lot of time alone in my car with the radio on. Product marketers are smart – they know
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We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from, don’t we?Eph 5:29afor no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it…We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from, don’t we?Lk 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.The things you
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OUTLINE: There’s no substitute for experience.Prov. 1:17-18For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.“The American Dream Is a Trap”Diary of a Journeyman – Volume 1 Careful What You SacrificeNothing is more valuable
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“What are we celebrating?” This one question has been recurring from my pulpit for quite some time now. The context typically includes an admixture of invitation, partiality, oversight, and misguided emotions. The example most often mentioned concerns family (I’m speaking of blood relatives, particularly immediate family members). Family represents a natural petri dish for conflict.
TODAY’S VERSES: Romans 14:7-9 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned
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“Mommy, I threw up,” said the little girl from the bathroom. Sally heard her daughter from the kitchen. It was getting close to the time her siblings and their budding families were scheduled to arrive so she hadn’t been paying much attention to her daughter’s snacking. Pressure was mounting. “I told you not to eat
“What color are you?” “Huh? What do you mean?” my son responds. He looks down at the skin on his hand and then back up at me with a quizzical look on his face. “I don’t mean your skin color…I mean your personality,” I say, laughing. We had just finished eating dinner; my wife had
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“Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.” — Jem Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Whether you agree with His choices or
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