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"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the...
"....you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord..." (Exodus 12:14) Do you like birthdays? I love my birthday. So much so that I don’t even mind what the double digits are registering. Holidays are for everyone. But your birthday is YOUR day! There is only one of...
"It shall be health to thy navel and refreshment to your bones." (Proverbs 3:8) .... According to Clarks commentary he says: "the fetus receives its nourishment all the time it is in the womb of the mother. It receives nothing by the mouth, nor by any other means: by...
When you come out of the darkness into a strongly lighted room, nothing comes clearly into focus because the light itself fills your eyes. The same thing was illustrated to us recently when my husband took a snapshot of sunrise breaking over a figurine standing on a...
"This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters. Suppose someone has enough to live and sees a brother or sister in need, but does not help. Then God's love is not living in that...
"If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7 After serving in our first church for twelve years, God moved us to Eastern North Carolina to serve in a small church in a farming community. We found it...
"And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." (Luke 22:44) I can remember taking an anxiety attack about 4-5 years ago. I woke up one night with shortness of breath and my heart was racing. I didn’t know...
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:24 NIV) Bright and early, I awakened, knowing something wasn't quite right. It was Monday morning. Not a typical Monday for Floridians but almost...
"So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up." (Galatians 6:9) Yuk. Large, reddish black ants in bathroom. Again. Lights on- they scurried to hide and/or leave. Lights off – then on –...
"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them." (John 17:13 NIV) I misplaced my joy this morning. I woke up to find it missing like a set of lost keys. I started...
We were sitting in the hall of the local Canadian Legion, patiently awaiting the verdict of the judges. It was hard not to assimilate the tension emitted by the 15 grade 7-9 students. Each one of these young people had just made a powerful public speech, and each one...
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." (James 1:2-4 NIV) A walk with my boys got cut short the other day. We had been out for just a little while when...
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside will be clean.” Matthew...