Tag: hope
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Go to H-E-double hockey sticks!
I remember as kids that we would so loosely say this to each other in anger, not understanding what we were saying. “The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.” Luke 8:31 (NLT) If I could pray one prayer for you beyond eternal salvation, it would be that you would…
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A rich man’s tomb…
“He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.” Isaiah 53:9 (NIV) Roman law provided that those crucified were to be left on their cross for weeks as birds stripped their flesh and then their bones…
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The day that hope died.
Can you imagine investing 3 years of your life to someone who now hung on a tree? Flesh ripped off from horrendous and sadistic flogging. Blood running down his beautiful face because he was mocked with a crown of thorns. Hanging between two men described as thieves and best case scenario, hardened criminals that society…
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Changes in Attitude, Changes in Latitude
“I was lucky that I was always smart enough to realize that if I wanted to be a better man, I needed to hang out with better people.” Wendell Weeks, Corning CEO The great American philosopher Jimmy Buffet defined so well how attitude determines our altitude with his profound lyrics “It’s those changes in latitudes,…
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Random ramblings of a simple man.
I find myself in a confused and conflicted time of my life. I am solid in my identity. I am solid in the blessings of my amazing wife and family. I am solid in these personal thoughts that I have decided to share. Beyond this, I am wandering and seeking… Your dream is not everyone…
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Stop Horsing Around!
Ask me how to use $425 to make $7-million become $28-million. “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks,…
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Irrefutable Identity
I have recently been in a Season that I would have never expected to find myself for the remainder of my life. A Season that I believe Satan intended for utter destruction and God allowed to reinforce within me who and whose I am. A Season of attack that continues to backfire on Satan as…
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Slow Learners
There are all kinds of ways to quickly cook barbecue but any ‘barbecue master’ will tell you that the final result is in the preparation. I am somewhat of a pork tenderloin and babyback ribs master. My secrets? Haha, wouldn’t you like to know! How do you think the Israelites would have looked upon God…
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Praise in the Storm
A few months ago I publicly wrote and announced that I was no longer hiding or avoiding Satan and his minions. I arrogantly wrote that I was declaring war on him and his evil. I naively shared that I was ready. I wasn’t and I am not. “If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover…
Myron Speaks 