Tag: jesus
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You have the gift of the exceptional.
“But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’” Acts 11:9 ESV You are not common. I need to tell someone this today. God may have you placed in a common home. A common job. A common car. A common day-to-day. This said, your life and…
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Who let the dog in?
Several years ago, I was talking with my dad about a new car that Megan and I were looking at and that she liked it in white and I liked it in black. To which my dad quickly and simply said, “enjoy your new white car.” “You ask and do not receive, because you ask…
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When Preparation Meets Opportunity
“But whoever denies Me before people, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:33 NASB Will you be ready when that seminal moment in your life arrives? One of, if not my favorite person in the Bible is Stephen. A young man who was a deacon in the early…
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Mind-Full Life
“At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” Job 1:20 NIV…
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Life Awaits
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NIV Zig…
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A Fruitful Life
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 ESV Yesterday as I picked blackberries for the first time this…
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Time Is On Your Side
Rest. There is no trophy for busiest nor is there a ‘there’ for most active. “For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” Zephaniah…
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Beautiful Bruises
What do you see? I asked a chef friend of mine why restaurants do not offer pears in fruit or other dishes. He told me that pears are all about timing and only good for a few days when ripe. And that they can take a while to ripen to the point where they are…
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Fight the Right Fight
Have you ever stopped and wondered ‘why am I fighting so hard to protect this life that I am living?’ I am a living example of a broken human who fought the wrong fight for decades. The fight of perception. The fight of impression. The fight of comparison. The fight for the right to paaarrrty!…
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Just Get In
You’re special in the eyes of the Creator of all things. “I walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 mins a group of guys and ladies walked in & ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to…
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