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Catching Up With the Past – 4

Scripture Text – Genesis 32-34 As we study Jacob’s actions during this crisis time in his life, we’ll see illustrated the conflicts all of us occasionally experience between faith and fear, trusting God and scheming, asking God for help and … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 3/16/2023

From 5 Cents to $100 When candy manufacturer John S. Huyler started out in business, he took Jacob’s pledge: “. . . of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.” – Genesis 28:22. … Continue reading →

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The Master Assizes

Thursday March 16, 2023 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Paul says that we must all, preacher and people alike, “appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” If you learn to live … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 3/16/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With the Past – 3

Scripture Text – Genesis 32-34 As we study Jacob’s actions during this crisis time in his life, we’ll see illustrated the conflicts all of us occasionally experience between faith and fear, trusting God and scheming, asking God for help and … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 3/15/2023

To Hyde, First Creditor is God A. A. Hyde, a millionaire manufacturer, said he began tithing when he was one hundred thousand dollars in debt. Many men have said they considered it dishonest to give God a tenth of their … Continue reading →

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John 15:9

Wednesday March 15, 2023 John 15:9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.” Many atmospheres there are in which we may live. Some people live in an atmosphere of thought. Their faces are … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 3/15/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With the Past – 2

Scripture Text – Genesis 32-34 As we study Jacob’s actions during this crisis time in his life, we’ll see illustrated the conflicts all of us occasionally experience between faith and fear, trusting God and scheming, asking God for help and … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 3/14/2023

God Has First Claim on Keyes Kenneth S. Keyes of Florida, leading Realtor of the South, started tithing in the middle of the depression when things blew up in his face. He gave to God not with the idea that … Continue reading →

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The Solar Eclipse

Tuesday March 14, 2023 Isaiah 45:7 “I form the light and create darkness.” Since God has made the ecliptic, or the circle, the great rule of nature, it is impossible but that eclipses should occur. Now, did you ever notice … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 3/14/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With the Past – 1

Scripture Text – Genesis 32-34 It’s strange how we convince ourselves that we can escape the past and not reap what we’ve sown. We try to forget our sins, but our sins don’t forget us. What Jacob did to his … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 3/13/2023

Senior Partner at Kraft Years ago a young man began a small cheese business in Chicago. He failed. He was deeply in debt. “You didn’t take God into your business. You have not worked with Him,” said a Christian friend … Continue reading →

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Just Humble Yourself

Monday March 13, 2023 Psalm 144:3-4 LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. Far … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 3/13/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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The Advance of Sin – 2

Scripture Text – Genesis 4 Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the … Continue reading →

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Peace In a World of War – 7

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. – Romans 5:1 In these messages we shall discuss peace as prophesied and developed in the Word of God. We shall first present Him … Continue reading →

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Classic Devotional 3/11/2023

The Love of Solitude and Silence – 1 SEEK a suitable time for leisure and meditate often on the favors of God. Leave curiosities alone. Read such matters as bring sorrow to the heart rather than occupation to the mind. … Continue reading →

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The Road To Calvary: Humility

For Saturday March 11, 2023 John 13:5 [Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. Your boss has assigned you a task: come … Continue reading →

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