Happy New Year! I hope you had a blessed month reflecting on our Lord’s birth and the reason that He came. My heart never ceases to well up with gratitude that He was willing to leave “the splendor of Heaven knowing His destiny.” As Dottie Rambo sang, “There’s no feeling…
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Immanuel Has Come
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. ~Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel. God with us. Not just a nice thought but God’s promise to send a Savior that would rescue His people. Not from the…
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Does God Speak Today?
There’s an age-old discussion: Does God speak to individuals today, or is everything we need to know found in His Word? I would say the answer to that is both. It’s true that everything we need for life and godliness can be found in the Bible, but I have…
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Overcoming Pride with Thanksgiving
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. ~Ezekiel 16:48 A few days ago I texted a friend to see how she was…
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YOU Be Faithful
Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” ~John 21:22 For quite a while now, I have been burdened by the state of the Church as well as those I know who are not walking with the…
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Push Back the Pendulum
It’s sad to me that there is more emphasis today on God’s forgiveness than there is on the need for holiness. I understand the desire to reach out to sinners and assure them that God can forgive them no matter what they’ve done. There is a need for that. I…
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Strengthen Your Feeble Knees
I am constantly reading through the Bible, but I like to use a different Bible version each time I read. I cycle back around to some of the same ones, but breaking it up helps to notice verses that are easy to read over when I have them memorized. The…
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Navigating Relationships
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. ~2 Timothy 3:12 I hate it when people judge my motives or don’t understand a situation which I am not at liberty to explain in full. It’s hard when others have an idea of how they…
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Keep Standing
Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. ~2 Timothy 2:22 I was told of a man who had a sin issue. He had reportedly prayed for years, asking God to take away the desire…
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What Do You Believe about God?
I have come to the conclusion that how you view God can greatly affect whether you stand or fall when trials come. I have lost track of how many church leaders have fallen in the last several years. Whether they have turned their backs on Scripture, their families, or God…