Category: God’s Promises
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the most insidious net
Can I ask you an honest question? If your entire life story, ALL of it, your secrets and all, was played out on a big screen for the entire world to see, how would that make you feel? What was your response just now? I believe it was either a…
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the net.
When we think of a net, twenty years ago, we would have been thinking about a hair net or maybe a fishing net. In today’s world, we almost automatically think of the world wide web, or as we call it, the net. The internet. I came across an interesting verse…
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finish what you start: strength
We are coming to what I feel is a close in exploring the reasons why we do not finish what we start. Why we lose our enthusiasm for the commitments we have made, the goals we have set, and work we are doing. We have explored a shift in our…
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finishing what we start: discipline
It has been an amazing journey to dig into God’s Word to look at why we find ourselves in the middle of a project, goal or commitment and we grow weary. We get tired, frustrated, distracted and disappointed, lose our focus, and why does that happen. We have looked at…
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finishing what we start: disappointment
We have been exploring the topic of why do we not start what we finish? Why is it in the middle of a project or ministry we seem to flatten out and loose that energy and excitement to finish. Paul tells us: 11 Now also finish the task, so that just…
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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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monkey see. monkey do.
This was a phrase I first learned in kindergarten. There were kids putting paste in their ears. The teacher walked up and asked one of them why. They said because so-and-so was doing it. She said monkey see, monkey do. It took me years to understand what she was saying.…
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who is waiting on who?
At the right time, God’s timing, He can do anything instantly. 22 The least will become a thousand,the smallest a mighty nation.I am the Lord;I will accomplish it quickly in its time.Isaiah 60:22 This passage of scripture was God speaking to the Israelites through Isaiah. He was giving them a picture of…
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rocks and sand.
When we lived in Washington State, we would occasionally get the chance to go to the Pacific beaches. It was quite the trek from the parking lot to the actual beach. The path started out with walking on a solid ground and then turned into sand. The sand was the…
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tired.
Do have those moments in life where you are just tired? You can not seem to get enough sleep or maybe you are sleeping too much? I wished sometimes we never had to sleep. This often comes about because there is so much I want to do in a day…
It Starts Small 