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October 5, 2017
Dear Friend, Beware of Vengeance
“Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.” Romans 12:19
Beware of vengeance, my friend. It belongs to the Lord, but that’s not all. It can be so subtle, so deceptive, we may not even be aware we’re harboring it in or hearts – or demonstrating it in our actions. Vengeance is sin against God, it needs to be repented of, and we need to be careful, to be ever so vigilant, in making sure we’re not holdin...
What’s Your Temperature?
“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” Rev. 3:16
The standard in doctors’ offices for as long as I can remember is to weigh a patient, take his or her pulse, blood pressure, and oh, yes, his or her temperature. Apparently this is considered essential in determining the state of the patient’s health. There is a healthy range for all of this, isn’t there, as well as a range considered not healthy at all. I feel compelled by the Spirit of...
October 4, 2017
Sorry, I’m Busy
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13
I need to get off the telephone now. I didn’t just think it to myself. I said it aloud to my friend. The friend I had called twice that week to make sure she was okay since I knew she was going through a trial. She had at last called back. At an inopportune time. I said I would call back in a little bit. I did. We talked a little. I found out how she was. Then I determined it was an inopportune time a...
Your Shoelaces Are Untied
“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Mt. 28:19-20
“Brethren, if anyone among you wanders fro...
The Dying Woman Who Lived Again
“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Cor. 5:15
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:1-2
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, …But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved u...
October 3, 2017
Love Lesson from a Paralyzed Dog
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 7:4-11
...Why Should God Bless America?
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall...
ALL Joy Road
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4
“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11
In coastal South Carolina where I lived for many years there was a little road called ALL JOY ROAD. I didn’t travel it often. Rarely...
October 2, 2017
The Shawl, The Moths, & Your FAITH
“Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.” 2 Cor. 10:4-5
One morning the Spirit of God convicted me. Big time. He s...
September 29, 2017
BELIEVE IN ME
BELIEVE IN ME
““Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am th...
