Category: Jesus
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Quality Time
Are you a morning person? Most people have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. What if you could change the way you get up? Instead of waking with tiredness and begrudging a new day, you could wake up with joy and happiness? What if you did…
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Unbearable. Uncertain.
When your pain is unbearable and your future is uncertain, it is easy to feel alone. It is easy to look around at your life and wonder why yours is so very different than everyone else. At noon it can still feel it can feel dark. When things appear they…
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Live Worthy
Live worthy the call you have received. Can we ponder on Paul’s words for a moment? What does it mean for me to live a life worthy of my calling? 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. 16 I pray that he…
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Arrogance and Wisdom – which do you answer with?
What do you want me to do for you? It is a simple enough question that gets asked twice in the 10th chapter of Mark, yet the answers are different and in this we find the brilliance of the question asked. At the heart of this question, it is a…
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Humility
Influence. In a social media driven world, we want influence and to be influenced. With that comes a great stewardship responsibility. We live in a culture that applies constant pressure to “build a platform” of influence. It seems natural to want to be insta-famous. Many people use their platforms for…
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Rejoice. Pray. Give.
It might be a bit dated, but do you all recall the Movie (or read the book) Eat, Pray, Love. It depicted a woman’s journey across the globe. During the journey, she finds pleasure in nourishment, power in prayer, and finally inner peace. I think God’s answer to everything is…
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Follow His Footsteps
DO you ever wished you had someone that could go ahead of you and make sure everything is good and ready for you to arrive? That they could work out all the details and fix any problems before you even get there? Would is surprise you to learn that God…
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Good and Perfect
God gives us such an amazing promise: all things from Him are good and perfect! Unfortunately, “good and perfect” can sometimes seem be on the other side of the desert, a raging sea, or seemingly endless years of emptiness and even death. But today’s scripture reminds us that we can…
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household gods
The book of 2 Kings is a sad book to read. It is the account of how Israel slid onto exile because of their unfaithfulness to God. Israel had very few faithful or righteous kings, but when they did rise, it only delayed their exile for a short time. Josiah…
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Worship is more than just singing songs
Today’s scripture Paul speaks to us about a “true worship.” Paul spent the last 11 chapters of Romans establishing Jesus Christ as the sole basis of our salvation and grace as a means by which every believer lives. In his response to to such great mercy, Paul tells us the…
It Starts Small 