Category: Overcoming
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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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fight from your knees.
The key to winning spiritual warfare is from the posture of your knees. First, I need to say that we do not fight men or circumstances. We fight against evil. “Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength. Put on the full armor of God so that…
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mountains that obscure faith
I have been exploring this idea of mountains. I love the mountains here in Colorado. While I am on my missions trip this next year, I am going to miss them! Jesus spoke and said that just a small faith will move mountains. 20 “Because of your little faith,” he told them. “For truly…
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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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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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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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Thinking about Thinking
Among so many profound things I have learned is: think about what I am thinking about. Thought comes natural. They roll across our brain and we get programmed to run as fast as they roll. BUT do you ever stop to actually pause and think about what you are thinking…
It Starts Small 