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Who is Your Enemy?
While it is always good to ask ourselves the question, "Who is my neighbor?," now is the time to ask ourselves, "Who is my enemy?" With all that is going on in the world today, I can’t help but think this quote is timely. In this country, we are a dynamic group of people with disparate viewpoints. Our weakness can be wanting to fight for those beliefs so strongly for our own particular group, that we forget who the true enemy is.
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Spiritual Journey: A Riches to Rags Story
"Blessed are those who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." I have often seen the first verses from our featured passage on literature for poverty relief organizations. Ripped out of context and applied literally, this would mean that Jesus is saying that the physically poor, the hungry, and the depressed somehow have more merit in the eyes of God, and that rich, chubby, happy people are doomed. Hmm. Seems to me there must be something more here than meets the eye--the spiritual eye!
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Take Courage & Don’t Be Afraid
Peter walked on water. If it had been me in Peter's sandals--a fisherman on a wave-tossed sea, trying to bend my mind around the idea that my master teacher is somehow standing on the water and this really is not an apparition--I think I would have stayed in the boat with the other fellas. I've heard several sermons on this passage in the bible, all pointing out that Peter's faith was pretty amazing, even if he began to sink. After all, there are few other accounts throughout history of anyone walking on water. A cursory Google search reveals a young dude named Maurus who was a monk under St. Benedict,…
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Are You Looking for Purpose In Life?
Jesus' call is always a call to die to self...self-love, self-direction, self-fulfillment--self-anything--and live to God.
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Turning Points
The bible often tells us to repent. What does that mean? Let's did a little deeper into this Greek word and the contexts in which it is used to better understand the Lord's heart in this matter.
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A Humble Heart
Where can we find true humility these days? It seems that here in the United States--with all the political strife, disrespect for any and all human life, and dishonor given to God--humility has left the building.
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Under Construction
Hear ye, hear ye!
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June 11, 2022
Do you dream of doing great things for God? Many churches are stressing this these days. What does God say? What did Jesus model?
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Pray Continually [1 Th 5:17]
I will post prayers here from time to time when the Lord lays something on my heart. You may post prayer requests here as well.
