The Trees that are Slow to Grow Bear the Best Fruit – Molière

How patient should we be? To what extent is godly patience practiced? How many chances should we give to someone who knowingly has bad intentions and wants to harm us? Very often, we act hastily at the first hint of an offense, and we are quick to condemn. Is our patience contained in a shallow vase that needs only a few drops more to overflowing which then pulls the trigger of condemnation? To bring truth even closer to the surface, we need to question the extent to which partiality plays in our rush to rebuke one and not the other. …

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Getting What He Paid For!

Dr. Mike Murphy It should never shock us to hear the wisest of words spoken at a Bible study.  So many times, even in teaching a study, I have heard the Holy Spirit speak the greatest words of wisdom.  Not through me, but coming from the lips of those in the class. Hearing the Spirit speak through them in the most amazing of ways, as their words taught far more than I could ever bring to the class that day.In a Bible study the other day, the Holy Spirit gave me another one of these moments.  As from a man …

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