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Blog entries by Bartimaeus

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I just wrote this. It was done at the prompting of the Holy Spirit: Forget not His majesty! By: Alan Wheeler Forget not, O you children of God, His majesty! He set the planets in place And the earth just the right distance from the sun Who else could create the seasons And who...
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Back in 2004, I told a lot of you, that I knew at the time, about a trip I went on for an organization called Group Work Camps. I went with a woman from our church and her church group from North Carolina. I was an adult chaperone on the trip. If you remember what I am talking about, and if...
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Matthew 7 2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let...
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This is a devotional I just wrote. This experience I use in this devotional really did happen just a little while ago! for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind; 2 Timothy 1:7 Praising God for the Egg that didn’t break! I just had an...
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Note to mods and admins, if this post is in violation, I apologize in advance. I didn't think about it until now, but I wanted to mention one thing I have started doing since I was here back in 2004. That is internet broadcasting. I do two shows on two different stations. On Fridays I do...
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Since I lifted up the work I am doing in radio ministry for my church in the prayer request forum, I hesitated to talk about it here. After thinking about it, I thought it would be fun to share my perspective. It's kind of cool doing it this way on the computer. Granted I get to hear a lot...
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No, but I seem to come and go like the wind! I am back again! I won't repeat what is in parts of my profile, and posted in the prayer requests area, but it's definitely part of the changes in my life. I went back to Calvary Chapel after deciding that TEC was getting way to insane and liberal...
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I feel called to use this space, despite its being on a Christian site, to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who might not have received it as of yet. First, however, let me give a little bit of background. I am totally blind and have been since the age of 26. God had a purpose...