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Christians in More Than Name Only
Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:1-3, NKJV) As Christians, there would be a...
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6 Steps to Spiritual Power and Victory
How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him (1 Kings 18:21) Elijah’s Mount Carmel experience still thrills me today as I envision him calling fire down from heaven in response to his divine anointing. His piercing challenge convicts...
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God’s Unchanging Order, Specificity, and Consistency
The Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order (1 Chronicles 15:13, NKJV) Even our best intentions, when not aligned with God’s order, can be destructive. King David had a great idea. He wanted to bring the Ark of the...
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What To Do With The Risen Jesus
What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? (Matthew 27:22) “What will you do with Jesus?” This question echoes through the ages as the only inquiry requiring a definitive, individual choice. The call is universal but the answer is always personal. The...
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Courage to Embrace Your Executioner
I’ve killed many men in battle. As a Roman soldier, I’ve honed the act of killing to an art of precision. You are present, I have a sword, you die. Direct, simple, efficient. I’ve taken so many lives, the fading light in dying eyes no longer haunts me. I now consider...
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An Urgent Call to Stand Fast in These Unstable Times
Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. (2 Thessalonians 2:15 / NKJV) Call me a rebel, counter-cultural, or anti-progressive, but my prophetic and discerning spirit is blaring warning sirens and...
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What Does Your Heart Say About You?
As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. (Proverbs 27:19, NLT) Does your heart align with what you want people to believe about you? The “heart” is much different than a perception or projection. It refers to a person's lifestyle—habits,...
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Until There is No Other…but Jesus
Until there is no other answer, solution, or focus but Jesus, this world will continue its chaos and turmoil. There has been much talk recently about patriotism / globalism, personal rights, and injustice. People protest one thing after another as each person or group...
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It’s Warmer Nearer the Heat Source
I am the vine, you are the branches. Without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5, NKJV) I would love it if my morning coffee stayed perpetually hot. Or at least until I drank it. It’s a fact of life (and the laws of thermodynamics tend to agree) that we generally cannot...
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4 Manifestations of God’s Favor Toward Us
But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God (Ezra 9:8, ESV) God’s grace is constant; His favor is conditional to obedience and His periodic opportunities. The prophet Ezra mourned the Israelites’ deplorable conditions. “O my God, I am too...
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God – Giver, Taker, or Both?
I (God) have removed my protection and my peace from them—taken away my loving-kindness and my mercies. (Jeremiah 16:5, TLB / parenthesis added) Yes, God gives bountiful blessings and favor; yet, He also removes. Job lost everything in one day, then remarked, “The...
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Three Days Later
His death was agonizing. A more vicious, inhumane demise was unimaginable. Yet, it happened as destined. With his last breath, as spirit separated from broken body, he whooshed through a darkened vortex of time engulfed by eternity. He landed in front of a formidable,...
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