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Taking God for Granted
May 10th, 2021
I wonder how many times I have taken all that God does for me for granted. I read this verse where nine out of ten who received amazing healing from God through Jesus, never thought to return and giv... Read More
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Don't be a Stumbling Block
May 9th, 2021
I think the idea that is being expressed in the Lord’s Prayer is actually that God lead us “away” from temptation as apposed to not lead us “into” temptation. But more than that, I think the idea is ... Read More
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Some Will See and Still Not Believe
May 8th, 2021
We are not being told to argue people into a relationship with God through Jesus because some will never believe no matter what. But we are to share the love of God with all, proclaiming the good new... Read More
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Disconnected from God's Priorities
May 7th, 2021
Jesus has always expressed the fact that there is a huge disconnect between what God prioritizes as important and what human beings see as being of greatest value, but never more explicitly than in th... Read More
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Nothing is Withheld by God
May 6th, 2021
Think about the implications of that. Nothing that I need is withheld from me by God. But it also means that nothing that is part of this created world belongs exclusively to me.... Read More
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Working for God's Love
May 5th, 2021
The older son, never thought of himself as a son at all. His words betray the fact that he always considered himself no more than a hired hand in his father house; “For all these years I have been wo... Read More
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You Have to Want it
May 4th, 2021
God has taken all the steps necessary for our salvation. Well, he has taken all the steps necessary except one. We still need to move toward God. If we expect to be in a relationship with God, we m... Read More
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It Is Not About Being Worthy
May 3rd, 2021
The point is we have never had the “right” to be treated with the kind of love that God pours out on us. We have never been “worthy” of God. It is not about being worthy. ... Read More
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Confession is Good for the Soul
May 2nd, 2021
Until we take responsibility for what has gone wrong and confess it to the one or the ones we have hurt, including God, we will never be on the path to recovery; we will never be able to live with tru... Read More
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Coming to our Senses
May 1st, 2021
The results are the same; God seeks to get our attention through the crises of our lives.... Read More
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Living in a Distant Country
April 30th, 2021
If all I have, like in the parable, comes from my Father, I have certainly squandered quite a bit of it on living in ways that are inconsistent with God’s commands of loving God with all my heart, sou... Read More
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The Question is not Does God Love You
April 29th, 2021
God never stopped loving the sinner but, the sinner is only reunited in a relationship with God because the sinner repented and returned to God.... Read More
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Too Focused on Me
April 28th, 2021
I wonder how many times I get so caught up in living a certain way that I don’t even think about the injustices I see? I wonder how many times I am so concerned about me and what I do, that I miss t... Read More
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Are We Asking for the Wrong Thing?
April 27th, 2021
It is easy to think of these parables as talking about God giving you whatever you ask for, but that is not really the plain meaning of these parables. The climax of the parables seems to be that God... Read More
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A Model for Prayer
April 26th, 2021
For me, prying is primarily a conversation with God. In the same way I have a conversation with a good friend, there are few rules that I have to think about when I pray. ... Read More
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Looking for Loopholes
April 25th, 2021
One does not try to or need to justify oneself if they know they are doing what is right. There is no need to use mental gymnastics to reinterpret the plain words of scripture if in your heart you kn... Read More
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Setting Our Faces on the Mission
April 24th, 2021
I think I have missed a lot of opportunities to be in God’s will because I have not been “intentional” about seeking God’s timing.... Read More
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Not Against Me but For God
April 23rd, 2021
I think there are denominations and other expressions of our Christian faith that honestly think they are the only ones who are the true followers of Jesus Christ and would keep others who call on Jes... Read More
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Paradigm Shift
April 22nd, 2021
When we talk about conflict resolution, I tell the couple that they must change the way they look at arguing. It can no longer be about who is right and who is wrong, it must be about what is best fo... Read More
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Listen to Jesus
April 21st, 2021
The importance of what God says from the cloud on this day cannot be overstated. In the presence of Moses and Elijah, God announces that Jesus, his Son, his Chosen is the one to listen to. ... Read More
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Changed By Prayer
April 20th, 2021
I believe most people think of prayer as a way to make God aware of a situation, convince God to do something, or as a way to change God’s mind about something. But I’m not so sure that is how prayer... Read More
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Losing the Most Important
April 19th, 2021
If we put all our time and effort into the things of this life which will eventually rust, rot, or fall apart and miss growing in our relationship with God and one another, we have missed the entire p... Read More
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Losing the Old Life
April 18th, 2021
God created us to be in relationship. It is the primary function of human existence. We are born into a community called family. We are born in such a way that we cannot survive without others. ... Read More
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Taking Up Your Cross
April 17th, 2021
The cross was not something that was unpleasant, the cross was a cruel and unusual instrument of torture and death. The end result of carrying a cross was the end of your life,... Read More
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