Year: 2018

Inner Qualities

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Inner Qualities 1 Samuel 16:11 11 Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.” “Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.” 1 Samuel 17:34-35 34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. …

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King of Kings

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For believers, Christ is already King, but He will one day return to set up His kingdom over all the earth King of Kings REVELATION 19:11-16 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called …

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FEAR!!!

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FEAR!!! Dr. Mike Murphy He could hear his heart beating louder than the voices and the footsteps. As he crouched in hiding behind the cabinet, he was sure they could hear every beat. But with each beat, the soldiers continued to move, and soon he could hear their voices no more. He quickly rose, and found his way quietly to the door, stepping as lightly as he could as he made his way out of the village and into the protection of the land surrounding it.. Touma did not plan on still being in the village as the soldiers arrived, …

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A Trampled Rose

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A Trampled Rose Ephesians 5:2 (KJV) 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Above All I can not listen to this song without tearing up, it deeply moved me the first time I heard it…it still does… chorus: Crucified laid behind a stone You lived to die rejected and alone Like a rose trampled on the ground You took the fall and thought of me Above all! Just to imagine Christ, my comforter and best friend, crucified, rejected …

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Are not all my sins covered by the blood and if not why not?

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Question Of the Day Q. In an article I was reading recently the author claimed that everything I ever did will be analyzed and scrutinized openly by the Lord Jesus Christ. I’ll be called on to give account of every word, every deed, every thought. Are not all my sins covered by the blood and if not why not? A. In 2 Cor. 5:10 Paul wrote, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” This verse has …

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HINDRANCES TO KNOWING GOD’S WILL

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HINDRANCES TO KNOWING GOD’S WILL Romans 12:1-2 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. The Bible tells us that God’s will is good, acceptable, and perfect in every way (Rom. 12:2). To live life at its spiritual best, we need to discover His plans and desires …

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The Delight Of Despair

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The Delight Of Despair And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. — Revelation 1:17 It may be that like the apostle John you know Jesus Christ intimately, when suddenly He appears with no familiar characteristic at all, and the only thing you can do is to fall at His feet as dead. There are times when God cannot reveal Himself in any other way than in His majesty, and it is the awfulness of the vision which brings you to the delight of despair; if you are ever to be raised up, it must be …

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The Fruit of the Vine

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Reflections The Fruit of the Vine I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5) To ABIDE in Christ as a branch is possible only if I am first IN HIM. But once that is so, I have to live FROM HIM – I have to live drawing upon His life. Of course this is done by faith. But it also requires that I lose my life. Christ cannot be my life if I am still alive …

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A Humble Servant

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A Humble Servant 1 Samuel 16:1–11 16 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew …

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Our God of Comfort

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Our God of Comfort God will go to great lengths to show us comfort and compassion when we really need it 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. God’s care for us extends even to the details of our lives. He knows when His children hurt, and He longs to …

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