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So Be Careful How You Live So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Ephesians 5:15-17 Ephesus was a...
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I'm a Foreigner "But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior." Philippians 3:20 NLT There's a running joke in my immediate (somewhat nomadic) family that we thought we...
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Jesus Sings For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs." Zephaniah 3:17 NLT Take a few minutes this morning...
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Two Things: 1. People can be idiots. 2. You are a person. “They’re a bunch of idiots,” said most people at least ten times a day (replacing idiot with your word of choice). It’s hard not to. People do surprisingly stupid things. That goes for children, siblings,...
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Praying for the Dawn Dawn is the transition between night and day. Dark to light. The early morning light that awakens the senses and declares the beginning of a new day. You have probably heard someone say, “Then it dawned on me…” that is, something that had...
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Jesus hasn’t left our cities “… But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” Romans 5:20b Have you ever noticed how big cities tend to attract nuts and kooks of every persuasion? From corrupt, profiteering elected leadership to the biased, one-sided media,...
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Know yourself, and surrender to Jesus “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—” Revelation 3:17 NKJV Self righteousness, the sin of the Pharisee, a skewed...
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Against the Grain Would it be fare to say that people today, in general, have a problem with authority? Take the word ‘command’ from the Bible. It is an important word throughout the scriptures, but we might secretly wish it were a different word. Because we typically...
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A Fathers Prayer I wonder sometimes what I have 'gathered' for my children over the course of this life? I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw a note from my sister that her father-in-law was selling his life-long record collection – a life...
