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September 13, 2017
Wipe That Look Off Your Face
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Mt. 5:16
“Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“Wipe that sneer off your face!” my dear Dad declared night after night at the dinner table when I was a teen. My Dad didn’t just see the sour and ugly look on my face. He also heard my unkind unloving dishonoring mouth. And above all else he could see my heart. My face was a r...
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see...
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Mt. 5:16
“Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“Wipe that sneer off your face!” my dear Dad declared night after night at the dinner table when I was a teen. My Dad didn’t just see the sour and ugly look on my face. He also heard my unkind unloving dishonoring mouth. And above all else he could see my heart. My face was a r...
Is Your Pastor Wrong?
“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.” 2 Peter 2:1-...
September 12, 2017
Some of Your Suffering May Be Optional
“Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” James 1:12-15
If there’...
An Amazing Praise Report About Prayer
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:6-8
“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3
If you think I’m going to share with you an amazing praise report about how the Lord answered one of my big prayers, I am not....
God Can Use Our Hard Stuff
God Can Use Your Hard Stuff
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18
“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.” Roman...
September 11, 2017
Need Some Peace & Quiet?
Need Some Peace and Quiet?
“He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge;” Psalm 91:4
“I’m sorry Lord. I just want some peace and quiet here, is that too much to ask?” I said to the Lord one afternoon after a particularly challenging day. I absolutely needed to repent. For I had faced the challenges in His love for a good bit of the day, but then, exhausted, overwhelmed by all that I had faced, and the sheer amount of energy it had taken, I had fallen hea...
September 9, 2017
A Wild Way to Pray
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” Colossians 4:2
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:6-7
Were you taught like I was that we should say please when we want something and thank you when we’re given it? I studied the Bible and prayed to...
Don’t Forget Your Fellow “Soldiers”
“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 1 Thess. 5:11
I was having a particularly challenging morning. I shouldn’t have been surprised. I had had an amazing week in ministry, and most importantly had had a beautiful week in my personal relationship with the Lord. I had been in awe of what He was doing through my ministry work, of the lives both near and far He was reaching for Himself, so no wonder the enemy the devil was coming especially hard at...
September 7, 2017
A Peek Inside Your Wardrobe
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisd...
