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Pray to walk in the Spirit
There are moments when I wonderfully realize God has orchestrated paths crossing so the Spirit has an opportunity to work. Unfortunately, there are also other times I get so busy and distracted I miss those divine moments altogether. This past week were a couple of moments I’m glad I didn’t miss. One was visiting a young man in a detention…
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The night before the dawn
As I pray for my friends Steve and John, two men of God, two ministers, who have battled physical attacks and it has seemed like “night,” I was listening to a sermon by John Kilpatrick. The word he spoke that gave me a new boost in prayer was, “Usually a bad report is a prelude to a miracle. A crisis…
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Online Bible Resources
Occasionally when I add in a text reference I link the text to Biblegateway.com. I am part of their “blog gridder” team, which means… well… I have no idea what it means. Just a badge to put on my blog and make me look cool. But Biblegateway is an excellent tool for online Bible resources. I use it to compare…
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I’m more spiritual than you
That was the attitude of the Corinthians. (And you thought I was going to talk about blogosphere blowhards. Sometimes they can be interchangeable. Feel free to apply the principles.) A key thing to remember about the “spiritual gifts” in 1 Corinthians 12 is not trying to find out which one you have as much as understanding WHY you are being…
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Spiritual Mothers
It’s Mother’s Day, which apparently causes a lot of angst these days on Facebook and the blogosphere. It’s amazing what a card company can do by creating a holiday. This will be an opportunity today (and on Father’s Day) where I will take the opportunity to talk about spiritual parenting. This past week we have dealt in our church with some…
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The silence of God isn’t always the approval of God
We really make a mistake when we make an argument for silence on behalf of God. We think it means… well… whatever we want it to mean. Because, quite frankly, we may not know. But we may be in danger of living “on the edge” in disobedience and find out the silence of God has an end point… and that end…
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The concert of prayer
I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know a thing about prayer. Not really. I read about prayer. I read Scripture. I read from people of prayer, from people who have gloriously walked with God, and yet… I don’t know how to prayer. These past few weeks have stretched me in interecessory prayer like I have yet to be…
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The journey to hear his voice
Every once in awhile I blog on making a case for humming more. Or whistling. There’s not enough of it in our world anymore. My grandpa was a carpenter. I would watch him work and while he worked, especially when he was cutting a board, or measuring for the cut, he would whistle. As I walk through my day, I…
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What is the harvest of my life?
The fruit of the Spirit is what we are harvesting in our lives. What am I harvesting in my own life? If I love Jesus, why do I still battle the very familiar evidence of life in the flesh (sinful nature) at times? It is a matter of what we are feeding. What I think we battle sometimes is the “list.” We focus on…
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Why attacks happen
Attacks happen because we have an enemy. You can live a “blessed life” without attack. Those who go constantly without attack aren’t living a “blessed life.” They are being ignored by the enemy. No one wants attacks. No one likes attacks. No one relishes attacks. But attacks happen. We don’t whine. We pray. We are aware of the schemes of…
