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If we laid bare our thoughts what would they reveal? If our minds could be read daily like a book what would they tell others about us? "….it is the thought-life that pollutes. For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts of lust, theft, murder, adultery,...
It's that time of year again… the season of love… And with Valentine's Day just around the corner many of us are suffering from what I fondly call the "Valentine's Day Burden." What exactly is the Valentine's Day Burden? For some, it's the "I...
"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in various forms." — 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) When I was a young girl we had big Christmas celebrations. My mother invited many family members and friends. Gifts were...
"But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her . . ." (Josh 6:25) Joshua and the entire Israelite army have just finished walking around Jericho once a day for six days, and now, on the seventh day, after walking...
What if God gave you a two-week notice? You have suddenly been notified that you only have two weeks left to complete your earthly mission. What would you do? How would you spend the time? … Would you worry about cutting your lawn? Raking your leaves? Painting your...
TRAMPLE????? DID YOU SAY TRAMPLE????? I SAID TRAMPLE!!! STOP!! Psalm 91:13 "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet." LOOK!! Basically: this says that while we are in the process of walking on...
To know and trust CHRIST is Christianity ! It is not an ism of religion, but it is spirituality !! Something to believe and do is religion. Religion doesn't change hearts Not bothering about a lost soul And projecting God without having HIS spirit. Religion offers the...
Matt 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." NIV The text we will read can be found at 2 Kings 4:1-7 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he...
"On hearing his words, some of the people said, 'Surely this man is the Prophet.' Others said, 'He is the Christ.' Still others asked, 'How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from...
Do you feel like you are being threshed like wheat or some other plant? Are there so many things going on in your life that you think you can't bear one more bad thing? Read what the prophet Isaiah wrote: Isaiah 28:26-29 (NLT) "The farmer knows just what to do,...
This devotional is the second of a 2 part series based on Dan. 5. "But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this." (Dan 5:22-23) Poor Belshazzar. He has just witnessed the supernatural appearance of a hand that writes with its...
Rom 7:14-15 "Yes. I'm full of myself — after all, I've spent a long time in sin's prison." (from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.) Last week I shared with you the miraculous healing of Donovan's...
"Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness." (2 Peter 1:2-4) In Knowing...