Category: A Living Testimony
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Embracing When God Says “Don’t”: Part 2
A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. 2 Timothy 2:24-25 Yesterday we explored the opportunity to embrace God’s “don’ts”…
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Embracing When God Says “Don’t”
Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord. Psalm 119:1 I participated in a study once in which the author encouraged us to look at every “Don’t” in the Bible and read it as “Don’t hurt yourself”. For example, many might read Ephesians 5:18 as “Do not get drunk with wine” and feel…
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Joy in the Trial
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 One of my favorite things about the Book of James is that James didn’t mince…
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Who. Are. You?
I know my own and my own know me. John 10:14 When our routines are more than a bit off…When our priorities are being shifted by someone or something else…When our roles change with the passing of time… Like a bad rewrite of Through the Looking Glass, there are times in our lives when everything…
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3-12-23 Sunday Encouragement
Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles her performs for his people! He made a dry path through the red se, and his people across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. Psalm 66:5-6 Circumstances come into our lives that make it feel everything has gone sideways or upside down even.…
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3-11-23 Saturday Encouragement
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 Just as the tulip must winter underground, we too have seasons of waiting and rest. Just as the tulip must endeavor to break through the dirt into the light,…
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To Be Content
For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. Philippians 4:11 Arrested at least three times. Imprisoned also. Shipwrecked twice. Stoned by an angry crowd to the point that they thought he was dead and drug his body outside the city walls to rot. Lashed 39 times in 5 different sessions, always…
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Throwback Thursday: 3-9-23
Clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Colossians 3:12-13 Almost 3 years have passed since I wrote the reflection below and dear friends, all I can say is God is good. All. The. Time. The truths below are still very…
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The Comparison Trap
“Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!…The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”…
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God Does Not Hide
God is not human, that he should lie,not a human being, that he should change his mind.Does he speak and then not act?Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 Sweet friends, don’t you just love how God defines Himself for us in His Word? How He constantly reaches out to us through His Word and His…
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