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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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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God’s love created the universe and all the living creatures in it. God’s love set the people He created free. This freedom wasn’t (and isn’t) handled well. Humans continue to choose destructive paths and then make excuses for those choices. As we watch people make poor choices, we shake our heads and turn away. Genesis
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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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Did you see God this week? What would your life be like if you saw God? Can we experience The Face of God? Or is that for the privileged few Bible prophets? 2 Corinthians 3:18, But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into
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Unfortunately, the secret of contentment is a secret few Christians know.
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Many have heard the voice of God. Most of the time it is a gentle nudging or a thought that comes to mind. Few it seems understand that they are the voice of God to those who don’t hear. 2 Corinthians 5:20 describes believers as ambassadors. An ambassador is defined as a “diplomat of the
We have all been lied about, abused, defamed, humiliated, attacked. What is the best plan of action? The natural way to respond is to see the record straightened out. We want abusers punished. We want their offense to light. We want others to know the pain that others have caused. But these processes do not
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