Day: January 19, 2017

The Measure Of A Man

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Dr, Mike Murphy As I have battled with cancer, finding myself coming home from the local hospital has become familiar to me.  But as I found myself again heading home, it was not my cancer that had brought me to the hospital that day.  It was a friend of several years, and the desire to spend a few moments with his family.  A couple of days before, he had suffered a massive stroke, and was now taking his last breaths in the hospital’s ICU. It had been a few years since I had seen my friend.  Like so many, we …

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Overcoming

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Reflections Jesus Christ has already won every victory there is to win. Consequently, when the Bible speaks of the necessity for a saint to overcome, it is not talking about overcoming that which Christ has already defeated. Christ defeated Satan, and bore every sin ever committed by every human being. But if this is the case, then what must a believer overcome? It should be obvious to any believer that despite the finished and full victory of Jesus Christ that we do not initially seem to be able to live in much of that victory. If Christ has won all …

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Our Redemptive God

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Reflections From the Psalms The Lord is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Ps. 9:16) Despite the tendency for human beings to think of the judgment of God in negative terms, God’s judgment is always intended by Him to be REDEMPTIVE in nature. In other words, as it says in this Psalm, God makes Himself known by His judgments – God makes Himself known for the purpose of giving the one judged the opportunity to turn back to God in faith. Human beings are not only …

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Jesus Wept

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John 11:1-44 Lazarus was sick. And Mary and Martha sent for Jesus so that He could come and heal him. But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, He did not go to him. Instead, He stayed where He was another two days. He also said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.” (John 11:4) Clearly, Jesus wasn’t the least bit concerned about this situation. He fully intended to take His time getting to Lazarus. Have you ever felt as if God just HAD to act …

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