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Faithful saints
With the flood of self-promotion, self-branding, social marketing, etc., craze we constantly battle, what gets missed are the true saints. Between the hollering online over any issue, Baltimore, gay marriage, war, etc., it’s hard to remember there are simply MILLIONS of good people living good lives doing good things… quietly. A saint has just left us. No one will know…
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Real life is in the vine
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)
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To the mountain of the Lord
Let us ALL be of the generation that seeks the Lord. Could we quit dividing this up? (THIS is the “generation” that seeks God. As if anyone over 25 is incapable?) Let us ALL be of the generation that seeks God! Let us go UP! Who can ascend the Lord’s mountain? Who can stand in his holy sanctuary? 4 Only the…
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Diminished Expectations
The other night in our Bible study the question came up, “Can we ever get to a place where we don’t grumble?” (We are studying Philippians.) I said flatly, “Of course.” It drew out some surprised looks. I went on, “If it’s raised as an expectation in Scripture, why would we NOT think we could have a place where we…
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A fresh touch
Sometimes it’s the weariness of allowing too much in. My thinking gets clouded. Mostly, it is not being as much in the presence of God as I need. There are those wonderful times when someone says a prayer, gives an encouraging word, and then clarity returns. The discipline is then to listen to the voice of the Spirit and make…
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Winner take all
The climate we live in currently in our culture is “winner take all.” Politically, it’s suicide to think of “compromise.” Horrors! In the Christian life, there is a particular way to think of “winner take all” in a proper perspective. It is in the pursuit of Christ. Jesus is Victor. He gets all of us. We then get the opportunity…
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Verses that STILL aggravate me
These verses (and all cross references like them) STILL aggravate me. They irritate. Agitate. Chafe. And I can’t get around them! 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will…
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Getting past the “high” and moving into the routine of his presence
I am Pentecostal. We live for the experience. When I see things advertised on Facebook for some Pentecostal service, youth service, etc., the hype words are always there. EPIC! UBER EPIC! CUTTING EDGE! DON’T MISS THIS ONE! (or the next one… or the next one…) I am soaking in Richard Foster’s little book, Sanctuary of the Soul, again. He relates…
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Too much of Egypt
You must have no other gods before me. (Ex. 20:3) The call of God to Israel was to not only be free of the outward slavery of Egypt, but to have their hearts set free as well. 400 plus years of slavery didn’t just effect their physical and mental status. It enslaved their hearts as well. The plagues on Egypt…
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Where the place of revival begins
I spread my hands out to you in prayer;my soul thirsts for you in a parched land. (Ps. 143:6) Lord, you call out to us, “Are you thirsty?” Help me to create this insatiable thirst for the power of the Spirit. A longing in my heart to cry out, “Your kingdom come!” The place of revival begins where I decide…
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