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Spiritual Nuggets 10/31/2023

Searching for Justice “Do you favor justice or mercy?” Trick question. Both responses are technically incorrect: God’s ways require mercy and justice. Mercy cannot be fully known without perfect justice, and justice without mercy is harsh and graceless. God’s mercy … Continue reading

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Always Be In Prayer – 5

Scripture References: Luke 18:1-8 Pray for Our Homes Now turn your thoughts to your home and where you live, and who you live with. How we need to pray for our homes! The devil is doing everything he can to … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 10/30/2023

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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Worship In Spirit and Truth

Monday October 30, 2023 John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Worship must be in spirit and in truth! It must be the truth of God and the Spirit of God. … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 10/30/2023

“Go Easy!” My six daughters sometimes gather around me, telling me how they need shoes, money for music lessons and for many other things. Sometimes I have been compelled to say, “Go easy! I am not made out of money. … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 10/30/2023

Transformers Some people are like spectators in their faith communities—they simply watch while others interact, serve, and reach out. But Paul’s instructions to Titus about overseers show us that communities need people who will do more than just show up. … Continue reading

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Always Be In Prayer – 4

Scripture References: Luke 18:1-8 Pray for Ourselves – Continued From last lesson: When the devil can shut our mouths and cause us to pass by on the other side with no testimony from our lips, no witnessing to a lost … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 10/28/2023

Presumptuous Sinning SOME have corrupted this precious, blessed truth, and made it the occasion for license and carelessness and looseness of living. They say that if we sin the Lord is ready to forgive; we can just ask Him to … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 10/28/2023

Between Parents and Children IF you come from a home background that left painful memories of childhood, you may find it hard to think kindly toward your parents. Yet Proverbs urges us as children to respect our parents, faulty though … Continue reading

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The World Is Your Neighborhood

Saturday October 28, 2023 Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” If our English word neighbor had stuck to its etymological roots, determining who our neighbor … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 10/28/2023

Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham All of our work and frail human attempts are nothing without GOD’S BLESSING, brought about by PRAYER and TRUST IN HIM. As … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 10/28/2023

We Can Always Find An Excuse “Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’ ” – Jeremiah 2:25. He … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 10/28/2023

Judgment and the Punishment of Sin – 2 From Part 1: You must, take care and repent of your sins now so that on the day of judgment you may rest secure with the blessed. IN THAT day every trial … Continue reading

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Poetic Praise 10/28/2023

Thanks to Brother Mike for the use of his inspirational poetry! Be blessed all who read! THE GREAT EXCHANGE When I feel inadequate Or in a fit of despair Feeling tired of going on And saying I don’t care I … Continue reading

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Always Be In Prayer – 3

Scripture References: Luke 18:1-8 Pray for the Unsaved – Continued Have you ever thought what would happen if the Holy Spirit ceased His intercession for you? Have you ever thought what is going to happen to a lost world when … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 10/27/2023

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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John 6:6

Friday October 27, 2023 John 6:6 He Himself knew what He would do. Jesus did not always perform miracles. He did not always feed the people miraculously. He accepted money from His friends to purchase bread. And He permitted His … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 10/27/2023

God’s Superlatives Writers are supposed to avoid superlatives. The textbooks tell us that authors who use extreme adjectives like “fabulous,” “magnificent,” and “splendid” are usually overstating the case. These graphic superlatives are to be reserved only for occasions that actually … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 10/27/2023

What Wealth Reveals “What would you do if you won the lottery?” This question always seems to generate the same responses: There’s the person who devises an investment strategy, the dreamer who envisions ending global poverty, the individual who would … Continue reading

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Always Be In Prayer – 2

Scripture References: Luke 18:1-8 When God’s people forget to pray or get too busy to pray, we sin against God, the church, and a lost world. Oh, may God, our Father, forgive us for the sin of prayerlessness! When we … Continue reading

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