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Be Careful of What You Ask For
Up until this point in this story of these two kingdoms, Israel has been flirting with disaster. Earlier in chapter 7 we saw how she put on a form of Godliness, claiming to be the people of God while she simultaneously colluded with pagan nations and worshiped their gods.
Nov 6 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
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Waiting Here for You
I have written before about the blessings to be found by us when we wait on the LORD. This morning He continued that theme with a word for TODAY about the tremendous blessing in how He waits for us. The bible says that He has always waited patiently for us and continues to do so
Nov 5 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
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The Fear of the LORD Is Truly the Beginning
My given morning word of nourishment today is a reminder for all of us about where it all begins… with a healthy fear or reverence for the LORD. This is an important theme for all of us to remember everyday as we purposefully enter the presence of the LORD. This fear is really a
Nov 2 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
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That Day When the Lord Redeems His Bride
Earlier last week in our discussion of Hosea, we looked at the end of chapter 2 where all of creation was waiting for “that day.” This was when God’s people would come to their senses and return to Him from their ways of prostitution. Today we will look at all of chapter 3, which
Nov 2 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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The True Source of Our Power Today
It is not by our own ability (our pride), strength or understanding, but by the Spirit of the Lord (humble surrender) that we do all powerful things to the glory of God!
4 Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?” 5 “Don’t you know?” the angel asked.
Nov 1 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
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It is God Who Sets up Kings and Removes Kings
On this day after early voting ended and the weekend before Election Day, I have a special word that the Lord initially placed on my heart this past weekend. It’s a word about how in the end, it is the Lord who selects and equips kings and leaders. It is also Him who removes
Oct 29 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
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The Worst Type of Prostitution and Infidelity
This has been a long night as I struggled to sleep while also pondering the events that are developing all around us today in our country. You see, it is becoming more and more evident every day that there are incredible levels of corruption and shear evil that have permeated the
Oct 28 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
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Understanding Grace and Mercy from Two Perspectives
A true and deep understanding of these two well-used terms (grace and mercy) can give great power to the spiritual lives of all Christians.
From the perspective of God, they are both founded on how great His love (agape) is for us. Grace is when He showers on us precious gifts
Oct 27 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
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Choosing Between Anger and Love
Let’s be honest with ourselves this morning. None of us are able to go through this life without ever experiencing thoughts of anger or desires to lash out at others with whom we disagree. As Christians we must recognize that these thoughts will indeed come. They are part of our
Oct 27 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
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Jesus IS the Fountain
This is the theme that the Lord placed on my heart even as I slept during the night. As I awoke, He reminded me once again about the importance for us all to have a hunger and a thirst for truth (see yesterday’s devotional). We do indeed have natural desires of hunger and thirst.
Oct 25 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
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Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
This is the theme that the Lord placed on my heart as He woke me up this morning. In our lives today, this word applies both to God’s absolute truth in the bible as well as the truth as it relates to the natural and geopolitical world around us.
In both cases, the way that we
Oct 23 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
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The Purpose of Jesus’ Miracles
Our LORD Jesus performed many miracles all throughout the bible. The purpose of His miracles has always been with a single focus… to get the attention of His people so that they would believe and choose to follow Him.
We tend to focus on the well-known miracles He did when He
Oct 22 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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God Never Winks at Sin – He’s Very Serious
Yesterday we looked at how God is the ultimate loving Father who provides ALL of the needs of His children. We also painted a picture of how this ultimate and caring Father also demands absolute perfection from His children. Today the Lord placed it on my heart to go a little
Oct 21 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
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The Struggle between Love and Righteousness
The theme that the Lord placed on my heart for this morning’s message is a topic that is seen throughout every book of the bible. God’s incredible and unconditional love for us is the central thread that is woven throughout every story and encounter that we read about. God is
Oct 20 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
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The Seed of Pride
Throughout the bible, the image of the struggle between life and death has always been the same. The struggle has always been between pride and self-centeredness versus humble submission and obedience. The first has always produced abundant suffering and death while the second,
Oct 20 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
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Ambassadors of God – NOT Instruments of Satan
The message that was on my heart as I woke up today was simply that of “The wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” When I got up and went to find it in the bible, I found that it was in James 1:20 and that we had covered in it a recent devotional. As I sat
Oct 18 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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Hidden Treasure and Power – Conquerors
Someone reading this message today (well, each of us) needs to be reminded about the reality of our battle. Our enemy is very much real and he does attack us everyday trying to get us to think we are without value, insignificant, and failures in the big picture. He (the enemy)
Oct 17 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
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The Blessings of Patience
It does not matter, my brothers and sisters, what the situation may look like right now. When we see or experience problems in our lives (either health, financial/material, relational, emotional, and a host of others), we can know deep in our hearts and souls that those problems
Oct 13 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
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If You Love Me, Do What I Say
Yesterday we talked about the two examples at the beginning of the book of Matthew where Joseph demonstrated how he listened in dreams to the voice of God and then followed up by taking definitive actions. By acting on what he heard from the voice of God, not only was Joseph
Oct 13 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
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God Removes Kings and Sets Up Kings – Another Tale of Two Kings
Yesterday we looked at two kings from the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel (Saul and David). Today we will look at two kings from the beginning of the New Testament and see how God is once again always in control in the matters of kings (Daniel 2:21). We will also see another solid
Oct 12 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
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God Removes Kings and Sets Up Kings
This morning the Lord woke me up with the reminder of His providential sovereignty and our tendency to try to get ahead of Him. He pointed me to the time when David had an opportunity to kill King Saul but chose not to do so. As I went back and read about this, I found that this
