Tag Archives: Spiritual Intimacy

Because He’s Worthy

This is not at this time a TEACHING on what worship is necessarily, but rather what it means to me. I’m departing from a long-held standard of not getting into my personal life on a ministry site because I’ve been … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving – Precedes Gifts From God

Before, Not After Daniel 9:22-23; 1Thessalonians 1:2-3 Mary Chestnut’s father-in-law had the enduring habit of returning thanks after his meals. As he left the table he would invariably say, “I thank God for a good dinner.” When asked why he … Continue reading

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Giving Thanks

For all my brothers and sisters here in the U.S. of A. Thanksgiving Day is upon us. A day when families get together and many of those families share with one another what they are thankful for. It has been … Continue reading

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Father

1 John 2:5-6, “But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as … Continue reading

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How Big Is Your Box?

I have always loved science; all science, earth, biology, physiology, the space sciences and astronomy has probably always been my favorite. Since a young boy, I have looked up at the night sky and imagined just what was out there, … Continue reading

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Back Home

If I had the power to turn back the clock, Go back to that house at the end of the block- The house that was HOME when I was a kid, I know that I’d love it more now than … Continue reading

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Are You Living a Life —– style? Part Two

Part Two Deuteronomy 10:12-13, “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with … Continue reading

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The Trouble with Marriage

You know what the problem with marriage is?? Got your attention, huh??!! It’s that man has forgotten that marriage is a spiritual covenant with GOD, our Creator and Heavenly Father. To put it into ‘religious’ terms, it is a sacrament, … Continue reading

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Where Does Your Light Shine? Part 4

Part 4 If this part could be called by any other name, it would probably be something on the order of, “Recharging Your Light Source.” By reading the previous 3 parts, you may assume that I am anti-church when in … Continue reading

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With Faith It Is Possible To Please God!

Reading today in my daily devotions, I came across this passage of Scripture: Because of miracles Jesus performed, “Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited … Continue reading

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Body – It Is Limited

 Positive Potential In Christ Psalm 40:6-8; Romans 12:1 Merriwether Lewis, celebrating his thirty-first birthday, confided in his diary a disappointment in not using his life to a greater advantage. He had spent too many hours indolently wasting time he should have … Continue reading

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Prayers – A Poem

Life without purpose is barren indeed. There can’t be a harvest unless you plant seed. There can’t be attainment unless there’s a goal, And man’s but a robot unless there’s a soul. If we send no ships out, no ships … Continue reading

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Give Me Liberty, or Give Me . . . . Part Two

“But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.” –Romans 7:6. Praise the Lord! The … Continue reading

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Give Me Liberty, or Give Me . . . . Part One

Choices, choices, choices. In America we pride ourselves on the number of choices we have and the freedom we have to make them. The truth of the matter is, this is just a myth. The freedom to choose was given … Continue reading

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I Love You Lord

I love you Lord; you are my Lord, My Saviour, and my friend, You are my beginning and my end, You set my feet upon a rock and I know, Along your path I must go, You fill my life … Continue reading

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I Believe – I KNOW

This is a condensed version of something I taught a few years ago and I happened across it today and realized, it was something that seems to be even more relevant in this day and time of not only my country, … Continue reading

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The Importance of Listening in Prayer

This is a study that was started some time ago, but it fits perfect with the two recent studies Who Do We Pray To? and Praying In Jesus’ Name and so I include it here updated to coincide with those … Continue reading

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Praying In Jesus’ Name

I want to thank a very dear Sister in Christ for bringing up a question that led to this lesson. This lesson will go great in conjunction with the teaching I did entitled, “Who Do We Pray To?” I believe … Continue reading

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Who Do We Pray To?

I am still receiving emails from people who ask the question, “Who do we pray to?” They are confused as to whether they should pray to God or the Father, or the Son or even the Holy Spirit. This doesn’t … Continue reading

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