Category: God’s glory
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Do you know the Holy?
Have you tried to grasp the wonder of the nature of God? “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 And yet,…
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Possess comfort
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 “Years and years of pain, Lord. What must I learn? What do You have for me to do? I thought You had a different plan for me. I thought I was going to make a difference in the world for You. What can…
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Music in Rome Airport
In 2007, the world-class violinist Joshua Bell, played for tips in a Washington, D.C. subway during the rush hour. He was curious if anyone would notice the quality of his performance. People walked by him, rushing off to their destinations. In 2014, he showed up at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station with young musicians, this time,…
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Grace race or rat race?
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set…
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Are you abiding in Jesus?
“I [Jesus] am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit … Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,…
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Is your “Yes” sacred? A review of Your Sacred Yes
How many categories of “Yes” do you have? Susie Larson, in Your Sacred Yes: Trading Life-Draining Obligations for Freedom, Passion & Joy, groups 12 reasons for saying “yes” into three categories: the “sloppy yes,” the “shackled yes,” and the “sacred yes.” Larson has filled each chapter with nuggets of practical truth and application, beginning with…
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Where is God’s lovingkindness leading you?
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth It is a great and awesome thing that God gave Himself, so that men and women would be able to live with Him forever. Declare His lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness by night! The Lord is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and…
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Are you waiting on the Lord?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young…
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What’s your path for 2015?
Steeped in the prophets, embedded in the land, drenched in religion, created for the glory of God, and focused upon Jesus, early Christians walked a different path. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all…
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The Holy Land Key … A review
In The Holy Land Key: Unlocking end-times prophecy through the lives of God’s people in Israel, Ray Bentley brings to life end times prophecy like no other pastor I’ve encountered. He shows us his friends and colleagues in Israel who are living it out. “For Jews living in Israel today, prophecy is their…