Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. Zechariah 4:10

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It is no small thing to be involved in the testimony of God’s glory. We should not make a virtue of smallness, as though there were something important about being despised by others, but at the same time we shall find that whenever God has called people to display His glory, He has chosen those who have no glory in themselves. God has always been obliged to strip His instruments of their own glory. A Moses, full of Egypt’s sufficiency, must go for forty years to the backside of the desert to be emptied out and made to confess his …

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“The Battle Is Mine”

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  1 Samuel 17:40-47 40 He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine. 41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, 42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. 43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. 44 “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and …

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The Blessings of Inadequacy

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When we need help, we learn how to draw near to God, trust Him, and rely on His power The Blessings of Inadequacy 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-6 1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. …

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Netanyahu heading to West Africa for economic visit

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The prime minister will return to Africa to attend the Economic Community of West African States conference; he is to sign multiple agreements on areas of cooperation. Ynetnews|Published:  03.06.17 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to depart on Saturday evening to Liberia to attend the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) conference and meet with several West African leaders, including those from Liberia, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. ECOWAS is made up of fifteen member states from the region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. …

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Overcoming the Barrier of Inadequacy

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Feelings of inadequacy should prompt us to trust God and experience the fullness of His power. 2 Corinthians 2:14 – 2:17 14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things? 17 For …

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The Secret Of The Lord

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The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him. — Psalm 25:14 What is the sign of a friend? That he tells you secret Sorrows? No, that he tells you secret joys. Many will confide to you their secret sorrows, but the last mark of intimacy is to confide secret joys. Have we ever let God tell us any of His joys, or are we telling God our secrets so continually that we leave no room for Him to talk to us? At the beginning of our Christian life we are full of requests to God, then we …

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THINGS THAT CAN BE SHAKEN

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Haggai 2:6-9 6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will …

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Rewarded According to Works

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Reflections There are a number of places in scripture that SEEM to say we are, “rewarded according to works.” But isn’t that contrary to grace? Does God save us solely, “by grace through faith,” only to then put us under another law – a law of earning rewards? Do you want to spend the rest of your life trying to be good enough to merit a reward from God? A Christian life geared to earning a bigger eternal reward is just as much under the law as one geared to trying to earn salvation. Practically speaking, they are the same. …

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FILTHY FEET WITH HIDEOUS HEARTS

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“[Jesus] riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?” (John 13:4-6 KJV). How willing are you to grab someone’s stinky feet and wash them? A pastor friend of mine frequently refers to how Jesus bothered to wash the disciples’ smelly feet (today’s Scripture). Imagine what those feet were like. They …

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Our encounter with Jesus, is on an individual basis!

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He doesn’t deny us of our natural emotions! We are in a ‘relationship’ with Him! We can be real! He understands! We can cry, sob, laugh, be angry, experience great depths of sorrow or even mountaintop joy!! But I want to encourage you to remain steadfast, to Him! To live as Pilgrims no matter what the circumstances are. Being driven out of our comfort zone is not easy! Having your world turned upside down and thinking, ‘I’m going to die’ or ‘I’ll never make it through this one’! Those times can be SO overwhelming and crushing! In the Book of …

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Our Keeper

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The Lord promises to always watch over our heart and mind—even while we sleep. PSALM 121:3-8 3 He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. 8 The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this …

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“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” Galatians 5:17

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In every believer’s heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly armoury against newborn grace; while on the other hand, the new nature is ever on the watch to resist and destroy its enemy. Grace within us will employ prayer, and faith, and hope, and love, to cast out the evil; it takes unto it the “whole armour of God,” and wrestles earnestly. These two opposing natures will never cease to struggle so long as we are …

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