Have you done a self-test today? My daily procedure is a lot like a computer when it powers on. A computer runs a Power-On Self-Test (POST), a set of procedures to ensure it will not crash unexpectedly.   My self-test consists of the following: Am I in the Word of God?...
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I bought a fig tree a couple of years ago.   I thought it wouldn’t make it, so I put it in my garden bed, hoping it would take root in the good soil.  Today, it is over seven feet tall and has been producing figs everyyear until last year....
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Why is there no recovery for God’s people?    “Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?”  Jeremiah 8:22 The people had what could heal them, yet they were still not healed.  Why are Christians...
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Only a few people in scripture are called a friend of God. “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.” James 2:23 The Bible tells us that we need to be friendly if we want to have friends (Proverbs 18:24) If you...
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“Son of man, have you seen this?” Ezekial 47:6 So much comes before our eyes, yet we miss it. The bronze man draws Ezekial’s attention to the river (Ezekial 47:12). John also saw a river in Chapter 22 of the Book of Revelation. Both men went deeper before they had the...
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Holidays can feel so overwhelming when you have lost a loved one. You may ask how everyone can be so happy when I have lost this person.   God knows your heart and what you are going through. Take comfort in the fact that He knows. “The Lord does not see...
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Faithfulness We often speak of faithfulness regarding how God is faithful. How about how we are loyal or faithful to God? In the book of Numbers, we see that all sin is unfaithfulness. “‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the Lord, and...
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“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you..” Luke 10:19 The word power in this verse is exousia, the power of authority, power of rule. We have the same authority...
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“A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.” Job 10:22 In absolute darkness, there is no light, and there are not any shadows. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put...
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Many of you played the game of Hide and seek as a child. You may not know that this game originated in 2nd Century Greece. The 2nd-century game rules were that some players hide and others seek them out. Do you know that some are seeking to uncover the mystery...
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