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The journey began when I learned to read. The big white book, bought from a traveling salesman, sat on the coffee table. I didn’t make it past the “begats.” Fast-forward 30 years to Community Bible Study. Discovering the promise that the Holy Spirit would bring to mind all that Jesus said, led to an earnest …
Don’t you hate it when you have a key and you don’t know what it goes to? So do I. If you are like me, you have read books or gone to teachings, seminars or conferences entitled “10 Keys to Success”, “5 Keys to Your Healing” or “101 Keys to a Productive Life”. For the …
Forgive and Let Go “Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Luke 17:4 Forgiveness is easily the hardest thing I have ever encountered and had to learn. It is harder than math, science, or anything, really. Through …
Psalm 78:22 “They did not believe in God or trust in His deliverance.” Please read the psalm before you read this. Pretty please. I am glad I found this Scripture, because it gives me pause to understand what made a people who had just seen miraculous signs, an incredible deliverance, new hope unimaginable and freedom …
Legacy is an interesting thing in our lives. Everyone will have one, yet some are more memorable than others. The definition of legacy is “something transmitted from an ancestor or predecessor”. When we die, we WILL leave a legacy. As followers of Christ, we have two choices: we can let our legacy be one that …
As a child, I was always told that I was too sensitive and over emotional. I grew up thinking that my emotions were a negative part of me, and I was not able to see God in that part of me at all. But, if I am fearfully and wonderfully made and created in His image, then God does play …
"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” -Psalms 56:8 NLT As far as scientists can tell, humans are the only species on earth that shed tears for emotional reasons. The Lord honors tears; He keeps every one of …
We have spent many years feeling 2 or 3 steps behind the enemy. Many times we were blindsided by circumstances, events, illnesses, financial crisis, etc. We were living a life in defeat. It was not because we had given up or didn’t want to fight. We were fighting everyday. Each day was a game of …
I want to share something really special to me that I wrote for the Lord just a few days ago. It’s important though for me to canvas the backstory. What is precious to me and God and the result of what I will explain here is the deep desire for God and every believer. Here’s …
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“But what about you,” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” (Matthew 16:15) A.W. Tozer said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” How we view God and how well we know Him determines how we live our lives. It determines who we are, …
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