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The opportunities we fail to grasp
We too often “consider” the things of Jesus, or pick and choose what we think we may like about Jesus… and leave it at that.
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The necessity of repentance
JESUS! How we need REPENTANCE in our lives! How we need to WAKE UP to the junk we call “treasure.”
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The people who know their God
I’ve been meditating on the thought of the Daniel Generation that started HERE. The foundation to all of it is we must know God. If we do not truly know God, if we are not grounded in him, the American Church will head into a new “Dark Ages.” Not “America.” The American Church. As I have tried to prepare people for these huge shifts,…
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Moving past regret
In my reflections today I settled too much on past regrets. I could begin to pinpoint mistakes and the results of those mistakes. In tandem with that self-evaluation were the goals I am challenged with in 2015. One is memorization so I have begun my slow work in the Beatitudes. As I reflected on the Beatitudes and then reviewed past…
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Resolved for 2015: Living a life of repentance
Two words the Lord gave me for our church and for my own life going into 2015: 1. Transformation 2. Multiplication Transformation is best summed up in these words of Jesus (from the Common English Bible): 17 From that time Jesus began to announce, “Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!” (Matt. 4:17) It is about changing our…
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Willing to hear
In our very divisive day, it is pretty much understood we won’t listen to each other anymore. My prayer today is that we not harden our hearts toward God. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice! (Ps. 95:7) Lord,…
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I’m not done praying
From my last post, I am still not going to get into the swamp we’ve all become stuck in. I still need to pray. So, I continue with my prayer of confession. God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves,…
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All the shouting and we forget something
We’ve just gone ballistic. Between World Vision and the Supreme Court case with Hobby Lobby, we’re just plain nuts. I’ve done all I can to just read and evaluate and pray… but we’re just going nuts. As I sit here watching Facebook and Twitter just explode with anger (as it did yesterday with the first World Vision decision), what has been lacking is…
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The invitation to new starts
Lent isn’t about giving up alone. It’s about examination. It’s about new opportunities that don’t involve selling products in multi-level marketing schemes. New opportunities in the Spirit. New opportunities to be reminded of the fresh start we can receive by the power of the Spirit. Walk in those opportunities! 31 Abandon all of your repeated sins. Make yourselves a new heart…
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Does God’s Word WORK?
Reading Nehemiah 8, I am struck by the reaction of the people when they actually heard the Book of the Law taught to them. They wept. They were sorry. Something struck them in such a way they knew they had lived in disobedience and they wanted to get it right… and it grieved them. There is still a place of conviction. We…
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