Category: God
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prayer: the time saver.
Prayer is life’s biggest time saver! We need to make sure we never fool ourselves into thinking that change is easy. It is never easy, especially when our choices affect other people. Change means important decisions will be made. It also introduces that terrible mistakes will be made and ongoing…
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walking with the Holy Spirit
One of the greatest, among so many, discoveries in my relationship with God was learning to hear and walk with the Holy Spirit. He had always been there since I was saved, but I did not know until 20 years What or who the Holy Spirit was. I was aware…
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greatest key to the Christian life
Many Christians consent to living what they deem as an adequate life. They go to church. They read their Bibles. They go through the motions and deem themselves a “good” Christian, but they do not have or enjoy the power, peace, and joy that comes with an abundant life Jesus…
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Obedience always brings blessings
When we say yes to God’s simple requests, we receive some of life’s most wonderful blessings. God’s simple requests act as a stepping stone towards His greatest blessings in our lives. Simon Peter is an illustration of this principle. One day while Jesus was speaking to a large crowd, Jesus…
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victim or victor?
As children of God we are never victims of our circumstances. To say that life is not simple, is an understatement. In our journey into discipleship, we stumble over many bumps in the road. Our race is a very real battle. Painful experiences pierce our hearts. However, our circumstances DO…
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discouragement is inevitable.
Disappointments are inevitable, but discouragement is a choice. God has a plan for each of our lives. His plan does not change according to unexpected circumstances. We are going to encounter situations that do not line up with our understanding of how God wants our life to proceed. The key…
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goodness and blessing
You can never out give God. Have you ever thought about that? We can never out give God. Malachi, the Old Testament prophet, believed and teaches us this principle. Through him, God teaches us to bring Him full tithes. “Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may…
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a burden or a bridge?
Adversity is a bridge to a deeper relationship with God. What is the point and goal of adversity? God’s objective is to draw us closer to Him. Can it really be that simple? I’ve spent a long time looking back over the years of my life. The major moments of…
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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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valley of experiences.
We learn more in our valley experiences than on our mountaintops. Our school of experience is through adversity, anguish, trails, tribulations, and headaches. They operate as lessons that bring us to a place of new insight and understanding. They can alter our perceptions of the world, our views on God,…
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