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“Rise Before The Gray Headed …”

“You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God; I am the Lord.” (Leviticus 19:32) When my dad left us, I was twelve years old … the oldest of 3 other siblings.  I immediately signed up for two paper routes to help with the expenses and […]

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God’s To Do List For Each Of Us …

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable […]

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Possessing That “Different Spirit”

“But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.” (Numbers 14:24, NKJV) The “all-seeing eyes of the Lord” doesn’t miss a thing. And this knowledge can be a source of strength and […]

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Be Mine …

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) It’s called affectionately “the love month”… February, in case you were wondering … that time of the year when special things are done for special people. Cards, candy, […]

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Brokenhearted …

“Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more power to weep.” (1 Samuel 30:4)  Have you ever done that … until you had no more power to? Among the many events that occurred during the life of David, the shepherd boy who would […]

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The House No One Really Wants To Visit …

“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.” (Ecclesiastes 7:2, KJV) When we go to a house of feasting we celebrate life and enjoy reflecting on whatever and […]

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Making Room For Prayer With Our Families …

“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NLT) As parents, we want our children to learn about and ultimately choose when they reach that time in their young lives … to follow Jesus.  We want them […]

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Just Another Face In The Crowd …

“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.  But whosoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33) The New Testament speaks in the first four books known as the Gospels of how Jesus at […]

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Living A Life As A “Sweet Smelling Aroma” …

“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” (Ephesians 5:1–2 NKJV) There are signs, and evidence, that Jesus Christ is living in a person!  They are not glowing in […]

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To Be More Firmly Planted …

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful, But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.  He shall be like a tree planted by […]

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