Category: Chastisement
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Adversity: He refines us by fire
We can use a cloth to wipe the dust off of gold, but before that gold can ever be used it, must be refined. Refining go,d is the process of heating the gold up to a point that all the impurities in the gold are bubbled to the top. The…
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holding on too tight.
Anything we hold too tightly, we will loose. Our knee jerk reaction;to when the storms come is to take control over the situation. It’s an emotional response and we all want to control. We want to live life with assurance everything is going to be okay and the things that…
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the darkness lasts just long enough.
The dark moments of our lives last only so long as it is necessary for God to accomplish His purpose in us. Are you on a dark road of adversity? Do you want God’s best for your life? Do you desire to be used by Him? At some point you’ll…
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why are you angry?
6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent? 7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Genesis 4:6-7…
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can’t throw stones when washing feet
I came across this saying a while back. There was a really dumb saying most people my age (late 30s early 40s) will remember. It became the cornerstone of schools and guidance counselor posters all over school. Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words won’t. What an incredibly…
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Happiness comes through Tears
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 How can happiness be tied to mourning? when i think of mourning I think about mourning a great loss. the death of a family member or friend. Dictionary.com defines mourning as, “the expression of deep sorrow for someone…
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Get Closer
No one ever explained what it meant to have a relationship with my Heavenly Father or Jesus. I was taught it was following the rules. I was not taught about the Holy Spirit. It was hardly ever mentioned that how much God loved me or the love of Christ. Sure,…
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The Broken Leg
There’s not one of us that claim we have never gotten out of fellowship with our Heavenly Father. Yesterday I wrote about how We are like sheep. Sheep have a natural tendency to wander. Just like sheep we wander. All of the people we read about in God’s Word were…
It Starts Small 