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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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Godly Sorrow and Repentance
(A look into relational change over change focused on self)
Godly sorrow focuses on God. Worldly sorrow says what's going to happen to me. You understand? I couldn't get free from that sin because I was afraid I would be judged for that sin. But a year...
That Shiny Nose
Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!
Have you ever felt like a misfit? I have. It can be quite disheartening. I mean I have this trait about me that can be quite different than those that I may find myself around. It kinda makes me stick out at times...
Nightmare Before Christmas
T'was the nightmare before Christmas, when all through the house, every creature was stirring, even the mouse.
Cookies to bake, and a Ham to glaze. A house still to clean, and more bling to showcase.
And so many presents, still to be wrapped. That blasted...
Faith and Science
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. ~Romans 1:20
“How can anyone not believe in God?!”...
Food Fight
Have you ever sat at a gathering and had someone offer you food that didn't appeal to you? Maybe they offered you a steak and the thought of indulging in more red meat made your stomach turn in protest. For some time now you haven’t been feeling well and you suspect your...
Ephesians 5:15-21 ESV
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with...
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with...
2 Corinthians 4:1,7-12 ESV
“Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart… But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair...
Live your faith in Advent
Advent, for those who practice it, is a place of peace, contemplation, and, yes,
rest from the whirlwind of the holiday season. They can give an answer for the season:
it is the reality of the love of God who has shown himself to us
through Jesus Christ. God became...
Matthew 18:20 (NKJV): “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them”.
Whene’er we meet
is Christ’s promise kept,
His Spirit in each,
with Jesus-manifest.
“In us”, moreso
He in our midst,
baptism of Presence,
bond of peace, gift.
This supper...
Acts 28:25-28 ESV
And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
“‘Go to this people, and say,
“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never...
Alverten became more trusting of Yahweh and what Yahweh would reveal to the people here. Not long after, he would speak in response to dilemmas others faced with suggesting a way that Yahweh would want. This was new to others. They had agreed to certain things to not do which they knew other...
“When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and elders and said, ‘We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till...
Being Thankful is not Always Easy
It is not always easy being thankful,
as we age our burdens can pile up,
when cynical or bitter,
it is difficult to see a brighter light,
yet faith is a way of seeing, of being,
based on a sober choice,
to be bitter or thankful,
a choice as well,
yet, it can...
Ah, Sinful Nation!
Isaiah 1:4-5 ESV
“Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly estranged.
Why will you still be struck down...
A Song of Personal Testimony
With my whole heart, Lord, I pray
To be Yours, and Yours always.
Lead me in Your truth today.
May I love You, and obey.
Lead me in Your righteousness.
When I sin, may I confess;
Bow before You when I pray;
Live for You and You always.
Love You, Jesus, You’re my...
“At this also my heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.
2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voice
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
4 After it his voice roars;
he thunders with...