Category: Christ
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finish what you start: frustration
Yesterday I opened a topic of why do we not finish what we start? I zoned in on the first reason being, our focus. Where is your focus? Let us look at our verse again: 11 Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there…
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the cursed. the blessed.
I believe part of the purpose for the current situation in my life is that God wanted to reveal something awesome and amazing. I used to have this vain hope that because my life was messed up, I was messed up, that somehow my kids could be spared, and they…
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i want to know
What is your ultimate goal in life? WHat do you set your ambition and motive on? What are you trying to accomplish? This often comes to mind for me. I often ask myself what exactly are you doing and who are you doing it for. More than a year ago…
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the exchange.
I am learning in this discipleship journey, Christ gives us new life, a transformation of our hearts and minds, but he does this by asking for something in return. He asks us to first redeem ourselves through confession. This is an immediate always ask, but there is something else he…
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it stops here.
30 “Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you. 31 Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves…
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soldier.
I have been studying Philippians and took a pause to look over an interesting way that Paul speaks of others throughout all his letters. He speaks that some were brothers or sisters, some were coworkers in the ministry of the gospel, and then we read some were soldiers. 25 But I…
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what did i do to deserve this?
There are so many great and wonderful truths in God’s Word. One of the many, written through Paul, tells us that the wisdom and intelligence of the world has been turned upside through Christ. 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is…
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a little less is ok!
Have you ever come across miserable people? The kind that just never have anything good to say about anything. They scoff the blessings of others and always have a negative tone to anything positive. The kind of people that seem to be blessed with everything they want but for some…
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attitude of doers.
God’s Word is full of wisdom, and in that wisdom is decribed two types of doers: evil doers, righteous doers. Let us examine both and and see where we stand! Psalms 92 Grass vs. Palm Trees The 92nd chapter of Psalms talks extensively on evil doers vs righteous doers. The…
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prayer in the garden.
When I was returning from having helped my youngest daughter move into her new home for the college year, I started up the mountain and said, Father, I guess it is just you and me now. There was a peace and calm in saying that. In Jesus helping me to…
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