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I was thinking about blessings and cursings and asking God about them. I was asking the Lord if somehow I had received anything by any kind of curse. I know I am blessed because all the blessings of Abraham are mine . . . Then God spoke to me and he said,...
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.” (Matt. 11:28,29) Bonnie and Clyde. A famous pair of...
I am inspired by the Psalmists message in Psalm 119:11-19. When we see that His Word is a true inspiration of His love, we know that we serve a God that is infinite and perfect in Love and is always giving. God instructs his children to be still and know...
Everyone in the Western World has heard of Easter, and most have been taught to celebrate it in one way or another. But how many of us are truly been taught to believe in Easter? Growing up in a Christian home, Easter was a time when I received a new dress to wear to...
Dear Saints!! My testimony is a little lengthy, but God has been having me grow tremendously in my spiritual growth. I have been thinking about eternity and realizing in a most profound way, that this life here is so temporal that it is a place we need to strive to do...
After a long Canadian winter, spring is always a welcome sight. And when spring arrives a bit early, the frozen north rejoices. This year was no exception. After weeks of ice and snow, the Niagara Peninsula welcomed the arrival of spring in late February with open...
Back in the 1970's my home town started a festival called Old Joe Clark Days. It honored the man from there who was a bluegrass performer at Renfro Valley, Kentucky for many years. Since then the name of the celebration was changed to the Apple Festival. A civic...
"Cursed before the LORD is the man who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: 'At the cost of his firstborn son will he lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest will he set up its gates.'" (Josh 6:26) After the fall of Jericho, Joshua, under the inspiration...
1 Cor 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." NIV One day, God asked me: "So, Rob. Are you doing everything to my glory?" That's when I realized that most of my activities and decisions were not geared towards God's...
Whilst we abhor war and the American flag is only a symbol of who we are, our flag has become so very precious to us as it represents all that is dearest to our heart. We consider freedom to be more than just a way of life, counting freedom to be life itself ~ as...
Eph 4:26-27 "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." NIV The devil can't do anything unless we are giving him a foothold. The devil knows he is defeated (see last week's...
Making Jesus the center of your family’s celebration can present a challenge when images of the Easter Bunny are so prevalent. Parents must take special measures to help kids understand that Jesus is the giver of Easter gifts—His love, His sacrificial death, the...
"I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider, He has thrown into the sea." Exodus 15:1 Though Moses was speaking of the Egyptian chariots with riders and horses that were in hot pursuit after Moses and the Israelites...