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World Distractions Vs. God’s Plans For Humanity

World Distractions Vs. God

“I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.” (John 17: 14,15 NIV) Struggle Have you struggled fitting in with a certain group? Maybe, you’re in a group that an inner struggle conflicts with the group’s message. Both scenarios are more common in this world than not. Teens choose to end their lives over such situations. Individuals carve adulthood based on […]

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Songs From Our Soul Stir Meaning

Songs From Our Soul Stir Meaning

My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with my soul. For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exhausted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. (Psalm 108: 1,4,5 NIV) Songs Each time I attend a writer’s conference, I’m given a song within my soul. Old songs, new songs, songs that fit exactly where I am in my spiritual journey. The worship song, Sanctuary, surfaced yesterday. This song, I’ve not thought about in years. Although, I am confident we sang this […]

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Commands Followed With Full Obedience…The Lord Blesses

Engage and Find Out...Where God's Paths Lead

If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you  and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 28:1-14 NIV) Blessed for Obedience: We will be blessed in the city and in the country. Fruit of our womb, crops of our land, and young of our livestock will be blessed. Our basket and kneading troughs will be blessed. We are blessed going in and when we come out. Our […]

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Good Deeds Spurred On by…What is good?

Good Deeds Spurred On by...What is good?

Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives. (Titus 3:14 NIV) What are good deeds? Proverbs 19:17…He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done. There’s an abundance of scriptures instructing us to minister to the poor. The church has been ordained, not the government, to take up the cause of the poor. We need this thought dissected. Narrow down each state, to each county, down to each community. Churches step […]

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Lessons Learned Through Refinement For Our Good

Lessons Learned Through Refinement For Our Good

…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6 NIV) Three Life Lessons This week, David and I have been celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. April 2, 1994, I walked down the isle an idealistic individual. Without a shadow of doubt, we both knew we were God’s chosen for each other. We moved to his hometown, hoped to set foot into a ministry of some sort together and live happily ever after. Those thoughts ended about two weeks after we settled into […]

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Territory Enlarges When Praying…The Jabez Prayer

Territory Enlarges When Praying...The Jabez Prayer

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10 NIV) Prayer Raise your hand if you’ve prayed this prayer. Bruce Wilkinson’s book on The Prayer of Jabez was published in 2000. I remember many of us praying this prayer. One mother identified her enlarged territory Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Not long after she began praying her daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Praise God! She […]

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Simple Plan of Salvation: How Do We Respond?

Simple Plan of Salvation: How Do We Respond?

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Acts 2:21 NIV) Jesus Simple. Call on the name of Jesus, believe He is the son of God, died on the cross-rose three days later, and confess He is Lord of our lives. We will be saved. This simple plan to salvation is for everyone…all nationalities from as far east is to the west as far North is to the South. Jesus died for each and everyone. From the toughest tyrant leader to the most innocently deceived, a Savior is needed. Persecution This past weekend, Maryam Rostampour […]

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Spiritual Forces of Evil Lure Minds to Sleep

Spiritual Forces of Evil Lure Minds To Sleep

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:10-12 NIV) This week in review: The movie, God’s Not Dead, a box office hit called propaganda from critics. Hobby Lobby’s stand for Freedom of Religion reaches Supreme Court. World Vision International stirs controversy. Soliders’of Christ […]

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Knowledge: Deep Insight Discerning God’s Best

Knowledge: Deep Insight Discerning God

  And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and deep insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1: 9-11 NIV) Prayer This prayer is filled with such goodness. Paul’s prison time generated furthering the gospel. Philippi was a church that rose above all odds to succeed. One of the happiest books of the Bible. Paul gives thanks […]

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Spring Cleaning For the Soul…Let’s Get Busy!

Spring Cleaning For the Soul...Let

Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for Him. The Lord has made His salvation known and revealed His righteousness to the nations. (Psalm 98:1-2 NIV) Spring Cleaning Sing to the Lord a new song! It’s Spring and new songs will be refreshing. Makes my tastebuds crave fresh squeezed lemonade. Beautiful flowers bloom, grasses turn green, and pollen counts make us sneeze. It’s all a part of Spring. My most vivid memory from childhood has to do with my mother and her spring cleaning […]

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