Do we talk ourselves out of living in the anointing that has been created for us? We remember our poor choices made years ago. What should have been done, wasn’t. And what shouldn’t have been done, happened. On this road of life, our past failures have led us to dead-end streets, unpaved, bumpy dirt roads, […]
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This world screams for our attention. “Alarm! Danger! The disaster is here! The attack is here! This is emergency mode! Defend yourself!” This world’s presence is panic mode. But we should live in a different reality. In Acts 3, Peter and James heal a cripple man. In Acts 4, they are jailed and threatened for
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Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Take a second and reflect how many times you have said, or you have heard, “I am under attack of the enemy”, and compare those statements to the number of times we have heard, “I
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How to Make Room for More Blessings! How good is a glass of cool water on a hot day? How refreshing is that first deep breath in the morning? It feels good to receive. We love receiving. We love being filled up. But, by definition, filling something means it is less than full. I have
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I am going to veer a bit from my normal emphasis regarding believers and unbelievers. For many years I have encouraged relationships with unbelievers. How can we be witnesses if we do not communicate? Yet Paul wrote, 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be bound together [unequally yoked] with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and
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Paul’ life was amazing. Once he saw a light from heaven, was thrown to the ground, and heard the voice of Jesus (Acts 9). He also was caught up to heaven and heard words that are so powerful that man is not allowed to speak them (2 Corinthians 12). He spoke to kings, healed the
I remember when my sister was young, she was afraid of going to sleep alone. My mother would sit on the floor in the hall reading a book, so every time my sister would call out, Mom would assure her that she was close. That is understandable for a young child but, if you need
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2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves. Evidently, we have a “treasure” that results in “surpassing greatness” (a superlative for you English language folk) of the power of God. Unfortunately, it feels like our unbounded
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Unfortunately, the secret of contentment is a secret few Christians know.
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