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October 12, 2017
It’s Time to Forgive
It’s Time to Forgive
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Mt. 6:14-15
“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:37
It’s time to forgive, my friend. I don’t know who you are, but you know who you are. I feel so deeply compelled to write this to you. You’ve been h...
Is It Time to Shut Your Mouth?
“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3
“See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of dea...
October 11, 2017
The Woman in the Ambulance Testimony
“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.”” Mt. 10:32-33
I called a beloved friend one morning to check on her visit to the emergency room the night before only to discover she was in the back of an ambulance being transported from one hospital in early morning rush hour traffic to another hospital. She took my call though she let me know she w...
The Man Who Went His Way
“…And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.” The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and h...
I’m Not Strong Enough for This
“And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I t...
October 10, 2017
This Is Eternal Life
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3
I don’t know about you, but I used to think of eternal life as heaven. Some perfect place up in the sky. With God of course. After life. The afterlife. For people who believed in Jesus. I learned this from people. Other people. Then the Lord led me to the Truth. His Truth. In His Word. That Christ’s followers are given eternal life. That intellectual faith in Christ is NOT the...
October 9, 2017
167 Hours
“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 23:24
There are 168 hours in a week, and nowhere in the Bible have I ever found the Lord commanding, nor expressing a desire, that His people spend 167 hours a week living their lives like the rest of the world and then spending 1 hour a week in a church followi...
The Sesame Street Game
“…put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Eph. 2:22-24
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by...
October 7, 2017
Desperate to Please
“ “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am...
October 6, 2017
The Dancing Dog Devotional
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:1-2
Thirteen year old Dancer, found years ago on a short tie-up without food or water and brought into a shelter where he was headed for euthanization but...
