Trials

Have you walked through a fiery trial lately? The apostle Paul said we should anticipate them.  “so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.” 1 Thess 3:3 We will suffer as Christians if we are walking in...
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War

There is much talk about war these days. However, there may be a war at home already going on. What is warring against your soul? What is trying to pull you away?  “Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,” 1 Peter 2:11

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No U-turn

Have you ever tried to make a u-turn where it was not allowed?  There will be no u-turns when you are in front of God on judgement day. It will be too late; you have crossed the line.  “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see...
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Excess baggage

We can all carry excess baggage, spiritual baggage that we need to purge out of our lives. We need to ask the Lord to show us what we may have picked up that is weighing us down (bitterness, anger, self-hate, self-rejection, anxiety, fear, depression, heaviness, etc).     I have heard...
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Spiritual leakage

Many of the problems I have experienced in life concerned leaking faucets, ice makers, toilets, and windows. The leaking has caused a lot of damage.  Leaking spiritually can cause the most damage.  “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away....
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Rest

Have you noticed that everything has gone high tech? As I was helping my mom figure out her new oven that had no dials but only an electronic push-button panel, I noticed that the oven had a sabbath button. I started laughing at this mode of operation. Even the stove...
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God gives us strength

I am hearing so many in the body of Christ declaring these words, “I am tired.”   “My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.” Psalm 119:28 Whether you have a heaviness that has come upon you or are worn out from doing good, God has the solution...
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Heal me

Many today have one physical problem or another, and we have so many Bible promises that declare that God is our healer. Why do people struggle to believe? Doubt in the heart is one of the culprits. “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts...
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Am I living for Christ?

As we are springing forward in time tomorrow, are you prepared to lose an hour? We seem to fill every moment of our day with busyness. Is this what God desires? We have an eternal now God who lives in the moments. Are you living with Him? Paul said, “For...
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Hiding

““Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24 Why are you hiding? I heard these...
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