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What is the Song God Sings Over You?
7 You are my secret hideout! You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of rescue! Selah (Psalm 32:7, CEB) 17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) Propositional truth is good. It is necessary. We need to understand what God has…
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Doing Better in Adversity
I was thinking about the Western Civilization class I am finishing up (as a teacher) this semester. Reflecting on the 60s and a movement started by a generation that had not known hardship or war, there were some things that reflect well on that generation. Civil rights is at the top of the list. (I would argue THEY didn’t get…
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The Singing God
17 The Lord your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17, CEB) We serve a God who rejoices over us. We serve the One who has set us free from bondage. We are brought out of our barrenness into abundance… So why in the world are we…
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A W Tozer on the Gifts and the One Who Gives
“What is wrong with Christians today is that we have the gifts of God but have forgotten the God of the gifts.” – A.W. Tozer
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Smith Wigglesworth on the Ministry of the Word
“By the grace of God I want to impart the Word, and bring you into a place where you will dare to act upon the plan of the Word, to so breathe life by the power of the Word that it is impossible for you to go on under any circumstances without his provision. The most difficult things that come…
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Hard Work
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. (Ann Landers) “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” (Chuck Swindoll) In our spiritual lives there are times of breakthrough, and that means some tough work. It means tough work in prayer. It means tough work in all kinds…
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Changing Tastes Takes Help — David Brainerd
There is a taste I need for the Kingdom of God. It’s like moving from McDonald’s burgers to aged steak. But sometimes we need to be taught. We need to walk the path others have gone. It is helpful to me to read from others who have a taste for the Kingdom of God. I have begun to dip my…
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Isn’t It Time to Get in the Game?
17 No weapon fashioned against you will succeed, and you may condemn every tongue that disputes with you. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, whose righteousness comes from me, says the Lord. (Isa. 54:17, CEB) It’s time to “come home.” It’s time to put aside the shame. No more humiliation. Isn’t it time to let go of the past failures and…
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I’m Pregnant
Not my wife. Me. There is something new being “birthed” in my heart and life. There are past barriers that have to come down, but it is GOD who is bringing them down. Look out. YOU may be pregnant, too. HEAR these words from Isaiah: Sing, barren woman who has borne no child; break forth into singing and cry out,…
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Changing Tastes
2 Why spend money for what isn’t food, and your earnings for what doesn’t satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good; enjoy the richest of feasts. (Isa. 55:2, CEB) We can get hooked on Twinkies and think they are just the finest dessert cake this side of heaven. We can think we know God and find out we’ve…
Category: Spiritual hunger
