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The Great Feast Has Begun
“16 Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations. 17 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’ 18 But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it.…
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It’s Saturday. It’s quiet.
“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” Mark 1:35 ESV You ever notice how quiet often causes our minds to race, our anxiety to take over, our insecurities to manifest themselves in ways that can become crippling…
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How Does God Define You?
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” “I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” Thomas Edison I had the privilege to begin teaching a new Fight Club Men group in Maryville, TN this past week. This…
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Victory Through Transparency
Then Jesus asked them, “Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed? Of course not! A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine. For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.…
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Be a Tree
“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.” 2 Corinthians 9:10 The greatest of trees, the boldest of leaders, the strongest of buildings started with humble beginnings, methodically built on the foundation of time,…
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Getting Old Isn’t for Wimps
I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.’ Job 32:7 (NLT) First, thank you sincerely to all of you who took the time to wish me a happy birthday. I am so thankful for each of you and grateful for the part that you play in the tapestry of my…
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Trust in His Timing
When I was going through a season of drought 3 years ago and feeling exiled from all that my identity was falsely dependent upon, I prayed and prayed and prayed, read my Bible continuously and sought answers and ‘noise’ from friends, spiritual mentors, the Holy Spirit…it was quiet. While I was going through this season,…
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You Can’t Earn What’s Freely Given
“…I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Mark 2:17 (NLT) In case you need encouragement today. There may have never been greater words of hope uttered in the history of mankind than these words by Jesus. Recognizing and accepting who God says you…
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Where Do You Assign Value?
“They took the thirty pieces of silver the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel, and purchased the potter’s field, as the Lord directed.” Matthew 27:9-10 This scripture was the prophecy of Jeremiah given 600 years before Jesus lived and walked the Earth. An immeasurable blip of time in the realm…
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God Is Jealous for You
“You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.” Exodus 34:14 (NLT) Did you ever have a friend, a girlfriend, a boyfriend, a best friend who wanted you solely for themselves and would get upset, jealous, even angry when…
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