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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow {Study of Esther Chapter 1}
Click on over and read: Esther Chapter 1 There was some major partying going on here. And a lot of pride and showing off of the goods by the King. Queen Vashti was throwing a separate shindig for...
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Chosen
Chosen is such a powerful word. Especially when you think about it’s opposite: rejected. Rejection is that thing we all fear, and we’ve all experienced at one time or another. I bet just the...
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Daddy!
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” (Galatians 4:6 NIV) Do you know what “Abba” means? It means “Daddy Father.”...
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Have you mixed up your salt and sugar?
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone....
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Patterns Everywhere: Which to follow?
I’ve been teaching a lot on patterns in school and in ministry lately. Patterns in the world, and the patterns we trace. We’re told in Romans 12:2 to break the patterns of this world in our lives. The...
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Jesus is a “come as you are” kind of guy….but you certainly aren’t leaving...
Jesus is a “come as you are” kind of guy….but you’re certainly not leaving as you came! Even the worse day of your life, God can redeem. He can go back, pick that thing up and bring about a complete...
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The Ultimate Sweet Spot: Friendship With God
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 David discovered a truth and shares it with us: if he finds his life’s delight in the Lord, all his desires are...
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Freedom: We hold the keys
I was visiting with someone this week that was severely fenced in with bitterness. As I watched and listened, I saw how her life, those around her, and those on the potential other side of her choice...
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We Are Jairus’s Daughter
I woke thinking of Jairus’s daughter. We don’t know her name. We don’t know it because we are Jairus’s daughter. I first imagined what it would be like to be a 12 year old girl lying on a sick bed,...
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If I had the power to stop time…..{a writing prompt}
If I had the power to stop time, I wouldn’t. If that question were asked of a younger me, I would have answered differently and given a list of moments that I would have stopped the clock. But not the...
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New Future With A Past
“Agreed,” she replied. ” Let it be as you say.” Joshua 2:21 It wasn’t unusual for strange men to appear at her door. She was, after all, a prostitute. The Israelite spies came to Rahab looking for a...
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Note To Self: You’ve Gotta Go
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their...
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Our Greatness Is Measured By Surrender {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible Study}
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the...
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My Choice: My love Supremely (or how to mess up crap)
In Luke 14:25-35, Jesus is saying that if we do not love Him supremely, more than our family and more than our own lives, we cannot be His disciple. There is no half-way measure. Not all believers...
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Satisfied
It’s going on 6:30am and I’ve been sitting for over an hour and half holding a sweet sick child as she struggles with a cold. She’s finally sleeping. Due to her severe neglect she has a lot of sensory...
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Identity Crisis
I saw this a while back and saved it. I do that a lot when I run across things on the World Wide Web. The problem is, often times, I can’t remember where I get them. I wanted to share it here with you...
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The Need To Impress
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in The Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29.25 The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that. Fear. Fear. Fear. The...
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The Need To Impress
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in The Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29.25 The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that. Fear. Fear. Fear. The...
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Public Relations 101: the spiritual battle
As we look at Luke 20:1-8, we see Jesus rocking it out at public relations as He always did. It’s Passion week at this point. Jesus has already made His triumphal entry at the end of Chapter 19. The...
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A Boss or a Leader {Which one are you?}
Leaders remember: you’ve got to live it to lead it Just a short post today as I ponder leadership. There is a difference between a boss and a leader… Anyone can be bossy, but not everyone can be a...
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