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Thursday
Let There Be Light, and Other Divine Commands
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Think with me for a minute. It’s pretty clear that when God gave commands in Genesis 1, those things happened. “Let there be light!” and Bam...
Responding to Testimony
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I had been listening to some pretty awesome testimonies of God's goodness recently. One day, I was driving across town, reflecting on th...
Running With Jesus
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“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” [Hebrews 12] I was ...
Praying Against Fear
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I was investing some time during the Covid debacle, praying about the spirit of fear that I saw creating havoc in our nation. I needed to dr...
Adversity as a Test
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Chewing on these verses from Hebrews 3 today: “So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you...
Fear As an Expression of the Imagination
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Walking with Father recently, he brought up the subject of fear. There are some things in the world where a healthy respect is appropriate. ...
God's Practical Beauty
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One of the coolest things about God is that he creates beauty in just about everything he does. This is glorious. I think of it as God finge...
Leveling Up in Authority
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Papa took me to school the other day. I was driving somewhere or the other, minding my own business chugging down the freeway on cruise con...
You're Not Immune From That, You Know
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I had just started my walk with father the other day, and I realized I was feeling kind of strange in my soul. I examined my heart for a bit...
Test for Apostles & Prophets
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Ephesians 2 says, "You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his househ...
Finish the Work of Church Discipline
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I was part of a church one time, where one of the leaders developed what was seen as an inappropriate relationship with his female secretary...
Lessons From Samson’s Failure
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This morning, I was watching a video that somebody posted online, a Bible teacher I had never heard of. And as I watched and listened, I rea...
An Embarrassing Testimony
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I have an embarrassing testimony. But God used it to teach me a lesson. More than a month ago, I had been consulting with a liturgical churc...
Addiction of the Saints
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It's been chewing on me for a while, now. Not sure why, but it's sure been good motivation for prayer. I've had my attention dra...
Growing Season
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Think with me for a moment. • Sometimes God’s plans for us are bigger than we are. So he needs to increase US before he can release those pl...
Tuesday
Scripture Interpreting Scripture: Eternity
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You know how some things are better when they’re together? There’s more goodness when the right things come together. Cookies & milk are...
Thursday
Conditions On Inheriting My Promises
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I’ve been reading in the Book of Numbers recently. The story of the twelve spies. Today I was struck by the fact that all twelve of th...
Reflecting On Rules
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I was thinking about the rules. God didn’t create the covenant with all the rules. He wanted something much better (Exodus 19:6). But th...
Rethinking What God Drawing Us Actually Means
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I’ve been looking at how the Bible uses the Greek word, ἕλκω, helkō. It’s an interesting word. Fundamentally, it’s about “to draw by inwar...
What Makes You Married?
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Here’s an awkward question: what constitutes a marriage? The Bible has lots of wisdom about how to make your marriage good, and a fair bit...
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