Jesus was convicted and crucified as a “pretender/counterfeit.” Amazing thought. The real thing put to death. Who crucified Jesus? Many think that Satan the real counterfeit. After all, he comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). The answer is a little more profound and may surprise you. God put...
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Good Friday I remember a man saying to me after I proclaimed Happy Good Friday, “it is not good for me.” The man had lost his Father on Good Friday! He did not see our Heavenly Father as good. However, God caused him to see His lovingkindness (Psalm 143:8); God...
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“But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.” Psalm 40:17 Notice the Psalmist says do not delay. God’s timing is perfect. We may think that God is delayed in responding to our request. Yet He is never late. He is always faithful (2 Tim...
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God is faithful. You may find yourself with a loss of a job; no means to pay for food, your rent or other expenses. Feelings of distress and shame may have overtaken you as a result of not preparing for the future, and you are feeling foolish. You do not...
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It won’t last forever. One of the obstacles that people are facing during the Coronavirus quarantine is boredom. I heard one man say that if he doesn’t die of the coronavirus, he is going to die of boredom. There is no such thing as boredom in the kingdom of God....
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Trouble will come. However, Jesus is always here to comfort us, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 To have peace, we must be “in” Christ,...
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Humbling ourselves does wonders for our soul and land. So how do we humble ourselves? Step 1 – Ask God to give you a clean heart and for Him to heal your heart and bind up the wounds. We need a tender heart to be able to humble ourselves, “because...
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Natural disasters are ever-increasing. A night doesn’t go by where we don’t hear on the news about an earthquake, tornado, volcanos erupting, mudslides, fires, etc. The loss can be devastating and trying to understand why even more so. However, the Bible provides answers. “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly...
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We can subject ourselves to the control of a thing or a person. It is our choice. God says, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live” Deut 30:19 God gives us a choice. Notice our...
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The enemy within is the hardest to overcome; self-hate, self-rejection, self-pity. You are attacking yourself. Self-affliction wounds speak “I am not worthy”. Satan loves it when we beat ourselves up; he doesn’t need to do any work. We are doing his job for him. When we attack ourselves, we are...
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