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Know That I Am God
I woke in the night last night with this verse my first thought, “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10. It’s a much quoted verse, but I think we miss so much that it’s trying to say. May I rewrite it in Mike’s paraphrase? “Hush, be quiet, stop, rest, don’t move….just pause [...]
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Marching To Rephidim
In April of 2008 I wrote the following post in two parts. It’s been a great blessing to me and to many others over the years. I thought I would share it with you once more…. Part 1 There is a passage of scripture that I often go to for comfort and reminder. It’s a [...]
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Time
Early this morning I met with one of our guys. We were talking about priorities, what’s important, how to use our days. It was a great visit, but what was clear was his frustration with simply not having enough time for all the things we discussed. He didn’t say so, but I could tell I [...]
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Waiting….
Waiting. It’s one of the hardest things we do. Waiting for answers, waiting for the phone to ring, waiting for someone to arrive. Waiting is loaded with expectations and anticipations. We are waiting for something, someone and things will change when the waiting is over. Waiting is a pause in our lives, as if the [...]
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The Father Effect
A wonderful part of being in this world as a ChristianRep, is we get to meet a lot of new people from across the globe and sometimes right in our own back yard. One recent new friend on Twitter is John Finch – @johnpfinch. John is creating his very first full-length documentary telling his own [...]
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But Through Me…
This morning, on the way to the church, I was listening to one of my favorite bible teachers. He was speaking about our culture and attempts by many to make all religions melt into one common pond. “All roads lead to God” is the claim. “We all have our own truth” another proclaims. All is [...]
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I Resolve….
We all waltz into the New Year thinking of things we want to accomplish during the year. I hope that my list of resolutions will inspire you to boldly resolve to make resolutions that truly matter. Doing this will inspire you as well as those around you. I resolve to make the best of whatever [...]
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A New Year
A new year. A fresh start. Hope for better things. Desire for change. It was just another day. It wasn’t anything special in the grand scheme of things, but we have made calendars so for us it was the start of something new. Another year, a new beginning, fresh hopes. Maybe this year….. A new [...]
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God Sees
Many of us, over the years, have memorized scripture. We memorize it because these are God’s words to us. They inspire us, help us, teach us. Paul wrote that all of scripture is inspired and so it’s all valuable to teach, to guide, to help us. Here’s a verse for you to memorize, Bunni, Azgad, [...]
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Blurred Vision
“We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!” These words are from [...]
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Good People
I am out for coffee most mornings with different men in our church family. I love the encounters that happen in public eating places. The events of a coffee and the buzz around me is invigorating. This morning, as I sat at coffee waiting for one of our men I couldn’t help overhearing (yes I [...]
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The Purpose Of Messiah
Luke 1 tells the story of the gospel from the beginning. Luke did a wonderful job describing details of the gospel we don’t see in the other books. As I read chapter one this morning I was captivated by the prophetic words of John’s father, Zacharias, as he spoke about the birth of his son [...]
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Thirsty
Psalm 42: As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. Have you ever been thirsty? I mean really thirsty…your mouth dry, lips parched, your tongue clinging to the roof of your mouth. If you have ever been that thirsty you long for [...]
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Thoughts On A Day With The Disciples
This last week I have been thinking about the disciples and their time with Jesus. Their heads had to be spinning most of the time as they lived with him. What an experience, one that would be hard to describe or commentary. They spent three years with God in flesh and yet, like me, they [...]
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Thankful
“In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” -1 Thes. 5:18 Today is Thanksgiving day in our country. It started with a group of men and women pausing to thank God for his care and provision. It continues as a tradition that has lost much of its initial purpose. [...]
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Hard Hearts And Stiff Necks
There are two things I see in scripture that cause us problems- hard hearts and stiff necks. Hard hearts describe people who are insensitive to God’s voice and untouched by his work in their lives. They simply don’t see or sense him, his voice, or his conviction. Stiff necks describe people who are, even knowing [...]
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Abounding Grace
God’s grace is a big deal to me. It’s the most important thing to understand in all that God has provided in Christ. Many, by not understanding it, have resorted to works to please God and frankly God is not at all pleased by that response. He has provided grace and wants us to live [...]
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Living On A Twisted Planet
One of my favorite books is a poorly written fiction by Harold Myra titled “Escape from the twisted planet.” It’s a fascinating picture of life on a twisted planet and what it might be like on planets where sin never happened. The reason I love the book is the visions it paints of what life might be [...]
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Expectations
Matthew 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Years ago I heard this story. It’s one I have repeated often. It comes to my mind at times as I interact with people… A family was moving across the country after many [...]
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Courageous Living
Helping you to stand up courageously! I hesitated as I saw the book title sitting in my email. Courageous Living: Dare To Take A Stand; A book that is a call for men to stand up, fight back for their faith and get involved with their families written by Michael Catt, Pastor of Sherwood Baptist in Albany Georgia. [...]
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Trusting God
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we mighthumble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. 22For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had [...]
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Who Do You Answer To?
1 Cor. 11:3 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, This morning I came upon this phrase in a passage I am reading and it caught my attention in a new way. Suddenly I saw that it doesn’t say Christ is the head of every CHRISTIAN man, but [...]
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Impact
What you read, what you watch, who you spend time with, the ones you listen to impact you more than you know. Intake = Identity What we take in changes us, molds us, impacts us. We are, whether we believe it or not, changed by the content of our input. Input = Impact The fascinating [...]
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Dealing With Me
My biggest problem is not my work, other people around me or even the struggles I face. My biggest problem is ME! I live in a world of people all struggling, for the most part, with themselves. It’s all these struggling people clashing together that creates the problems we see around us. Unless I can [...]
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Decisions
Our lives are the result of a myriad of decisions we make each day. Decisions based on decisions we have made in the past. Each decision builds on the last one and charts a course for our lives that finds us where we are today. I’m fascinated with my own decisions and the fact that [...]
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Faith And Science
In my reading today I came to one of the atheist web sites I like to visit. While there I found this question. It’s a very good question and one I wanted to discuss here as well. Here it is- … “The question to ask the faithful is, how would you distinguish the difference between [...]
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The Pursuit Of Contentment
We have had an unusual number of days this year over 100 degrees. It’s been hot! I’m amazed at how hard it is for me to be content with my circumstances, with the heat. If it’s too hot, I wish it were cooler. If it’s too cold, I wish it were warmer. If it’s raining, [...]
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I Resolve….
We all waltz into the New Year thinking of things we want to accomplish during the year. I hope that my list of resolutions will inspire you to boldly resolve to make resolutions that truly matter. Doing this will inspire you as well as those around you. I resolve to make the best of whatever [...]
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Courageous Living
Helping you to stand up courageously! I hesitated as I saw the book title sitting in my email. Courageous Living: Dare To Take A Stand; A book that is a call for men to stand up, fight back for their faith and get involved with their families written by Michael Catt, Pastor of Sherwood Baptist in Albany Georgia. [...]
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Everlasting
ev•er•last•ing [ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting] adjective 1. lasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life. 2. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: theeverlasting hills. 3. incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlastingattacks of influenza. Everlasting is such a comforting word. Sometimes we just let the word simply slip by us because, as Christians, we know HIS [...]
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Permission to Speak Freely
The permission to speak freely by Anne Jackson is an awesome book that talks about how we let our fears stop us from speaking freely about anything. Freely speaking on our thoughts and fears about church, relationships, addictions, depression, family etc. Her single statement “Fear Won” caught my heart. Fear wins out so often [...]
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He Knows…
I’m often amazed at the thought that even though the Lord knows me, that HE still chooses to love me. Me….. a little ole nobody with fearful tendencies and so far from child like faith, it’s scary.
He knows when I’m discouraged, when I feel alone, defeated and depressed.
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