Category: A Living Testimony
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (1)
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 CSB Thanksgiving has passed, and, if your family is anything like mine, that means that you’re ramping up into full-on Christmas mode. Your calendar is full of concerts, services, and gatherings.…
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Thankful for Calvary
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 CSB Earlier this week, I had the blessing of hearing a song titled “Calvary’s Enough” by Brooke Ligertwood. If you haven’t heard it, I encourage you to check…
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Thankful for Patience
36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said, 37 I will put a fleece of wool here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that You will deliver Israel by my strength, as…
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Thankful for Discernment
5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask. What should I give you?” 6 And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful…
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Thankful for Discipline
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish: 2 I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice. 3 You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current…
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Thankful for Grace
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 CSB Later this week, I am headed to a statewide reading conference with the Walking in Truth devotional book and the two teacher discipleship resources, Teaching Practices that Testify (Peace, Hope), that God has…
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Waiting Well
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James 2:26 CSB Sometimes when I am attempting not to run ahead of God, I catch myself sitting and doing nothing, waiting for God to miraculously drop exactly what I need in my lap or to throw open…
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By grace, through faith…
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen. Hebrews 11:1 CSB I long to see God. I mean, really SEE Him, walk with Him, hold His hand. I envy Adam and Eve and their evening walks in the garden with God. I wish for the Old…
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Adonai: Lord, Master
Sweet friends, this post is going to wrap up our series: Thankful for the Many Names of God! I hope this series has led you to a deeper understanding of Who God is and a greater reverence for His name. To close out, it seems most fitting to look at one final name: Adonai which…
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Yahweh Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness
The name “The Lord Our Righteousness” literally means that God has fulfilled all requirements of the law for us. What law is that? The law that He gave Moses to ensure the people would be able to stay in fellowship with Him. The law that started with 10 commandments and grew to hundreds because we…
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