What are you expecting?

We pray, hope and plead for healing, change, salvation for loved ones, etc.  And many do not see answers.   The question many should be asking is: What am I expecting from God?  What are you expecting God to do for you?  When you ask God to do something, are...
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Deep pain

A pain like no other.  “I have a pain in me that I cannot explain.  How do I get through this? How do I make this pain go away?”  A friend spoke these words to me the other day.   My friend is going through anticipatory grief.   He has...
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Thirsty?

Have you ever walked six dogs before? I can tell you first hand it is challenging. As I set out early to take the pets for their walk, I determined I could do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Even walk six dogs. On the walk up the mountain,...
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Eternal God

“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17 We have a King.  Many proclaim that we have no king.  But yet we do.  It is King Jesus!  He is the King of Kings.  He is the...
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Take action

I try to walk every day.  As the weather heats up, I find it harder to get out and walk.    As we get closer to Christ’s return, things are going to be heating up as well.   The first thing we need to do is continue moving forward in...
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God’s glory

What is God’s Glory?  What did Stephen and Moses see?   The word glory in Greek is Doxa and means Splendour, brightness, magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace, goodness and majesty.   Creation expresses God’s glory (Psalm 19:1);  Jesus expresses God’s glory (Hebrews 1:3). When we are in Christ,  we can...
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Follow me

“Yet you know me, Lord; you see me and test my thoughts about you.  Drag them off like sheep to be butchered!  Set them apart for the day of slaughter!”  Jeremiah 12:3 Often, when we are treated unfairly and see the wicked prosper, we want God to step up to...
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Directed

We all need to be directed to go the right way.  Paul prayed that the Lord  would direct the hearts of the Thessalonians  “into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.”  2 Thess 3:5 Now, I can understand God’s love.  But why Christ’s perseverance?  When I think of Christ’s perseverance, the first...
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Do you have panic attacks?

I remember having a panic attack once.  I thought I was having a heart attack, and then everything was going black, and I thought I was going to pass out.  The trigger was something that I had no control over.  I did not know the Lord at the time, and...
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Where is joy?

I was on a prayer call last week, and one of the participants prayed that a person would not lose their sense of humor. Did they mean joy? We can have a sense of humor, joke, laugh and then the moment is gone. Yet Joy is not fleeting. We can...
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