The Grateful Blessing(A Story For Thanksgiving)

Dr. Mike Murphy It had been a trying year.  Retirement had not brought the golden years that are promised.  Her husband, Bill, had faced heart problems.  And although his health was now great again, the medical costs had eaten away at their retirement nest egg.  What had once been envisioned as a time of travel and enjoyment, had now become a time of budgets and counting pennies. But through it all, she was grateful.  The love of her life was still with her, and every dollar in the world come not bring her the happiness she found each day as …

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How to Know Jesus Christ

Reflections How does one receive revelation from God? Does reading the Bible impart to us revelation from God in a way that will transform us into the image of Christ? Reading the Bible is essential – because it contains all of God’s revelation of Himself to man. But that alone isn’t the way, for some of the biggest heretics read the Bible. It is entirely possible to memorize the Bible and yet have no faith in Christ. How about praying? Also essential. But people in cults pray and remain deceived. How about meditation? Can we sit in a trace, clear …

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BROKENNESS: THE PROCESS

Romans 8:29-31 (KJV) 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? How tempting it is to think we need very little improvement. Ask around, and you’ll hear many people concede they could probably use a …

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Who Were The Magi?

The Magi As part of the birth of Jesus we read an account in Matthew’s Gospel of Herod the king of Judea receiving some people from an eastern land who were alerted that the true “King of the Jews” had been born. As a result of their visit Herod and the general population of Jerusalem were threatened. Just who were these people and why was Herod threatened? God was bringing His long awaited Messiah to the earth and the ungodly were going to try but would not be able to stop His plan. Matthew 2:1–12 Now when Jesus was born …

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