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Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 14, we discovered that the trees planted by the waters that pour forth from Ezekiel's temple represent each and every Christian. As long as we remain rooted and grounded in Christ, we will bear fruit, and that fruit...
"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires." (James 1:19-21 NIV) "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." (Prov...
“Help Lord for Godly are no more, the faithful have varnished from among men” (Psalms.12:1) We are living in a time of scientific developments. Technologically and economically we have advanced very fast. Also economically we are almost on the top. But along with...
"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you." (John 15:12-13 NASB) I first heard about Alex and his mom, Diane, from his first grade teacher - my daughter. She had asked me to pray for him, and it wrenched my heart as she explained the...
"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matt 25:40 NIV) I read an old story the other day that both knocked on the door of my heart and opened a window into my mind. I am not sure if it is factual or...
"Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little, Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him." (Psalm 2:12 KJV) "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath...
Linked in…Tweeter…Facebook…Orkut… now these are the names of social networking portals which figure high in the lingo of the modern day iPod generation youth. Is not social networking the order of the day? Very much! Has it ever occurred to you that if you are...
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Things can change in a hurry. The first week of September, the narrow white-trunked aspen trees were very green due to a long wet summer season. Three days later, they...
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-18 NIV) ...
I choose to live in the present... God is in the future and the past is the past. I am in the present, living for today and not tomorrow, which may not come. If I try to live in the future, I'll torment myself constantly with the willing help of Satan, feeling lost...
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.. learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28, 20) Have You Ever? Traffic was picking up, with rush hour about thirty minutes away....
They were at a star graze and you can be forgiven for asking “A what?” The name suggests a heavenly feeding frenzy of stars but let me try to explain. We see the moon as a smooth, round sixpence but if you look through a telescope you see mountain peaks sticking up...
"We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!" (Ps 75:1 NKJV) As I have moved into my forties now I have begun to see more and more that body age has very little to do with soul age. My body keeps telling me again and again that I am getting older. My soul, however,...