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How Did We Get Here? The theme that the Lord placed on my heart this morning is about a well-known scene from the Old Testament. The people of Judah suddenly found themselves uprooted from their own land of promise and comfort. In what seemed like a very quick invasion, they suddenly found themselves

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Finding True Life The theme that I woke up with this morning was “True Life” and what it will look like for the follower of Christ. The Lord pointed me to a few scriptures where He personally spoke about this theme in particular. But He also pointed me to the lives of His disciples and others as

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Bless My Mind – a Humble Prayer LORD, God in heaven, this morning as I awake and prepare to go into the mix of life in this world, I pray that You would bless my mind. Bless it LORD, not that I would think what I naturally want to think, but that You would press in and make my thoughts into Your thoughts.

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Bigger Than Our Problems – Words of Life During times of stress in our lives, we all have the tendency to give our enemy more credit than he deserves. We do this by giving the problems and situations that he throws at us more of our focus and attention (our time) than he deserves. Before we even realize it, we are

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The Power of God in Us This week we have been discussing the identity of the actual source of power that sustains us. The true power comes from the One who created us, loves us, fights for and rescues us; who heals us and ultimately lifts us up in glory. We have all of that power living right here

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The Power of the Word Hebrews 4:12 says:
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

This is such a powerful and true word that has been

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Power and the Symbol of the Serpent Throughout the bible the symbol of the serpent has represented Satan and his power over the people. We see these symbols from Genesis 3 where he first appeared in the garden to Revelation 20 where he is cast into the fiery lake. Symbols of the serpent are often used by Satan to

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Reliance on Mediums In yesterday’s message, God warned about harming the children and He demanded severe consequences for those who did these things. He called these acts of spiritual prostitution because the people were using their children to worship Satan. But the abuse of the children was only

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God’s Warning about the Children In our devotionals last week, we talked about how the Lord has a very tender heart for the children. We read in Matthew 18:6-7 where Jesus warned about the severe punishment that would fall upon anyone who harmed the children. Yesterday, the Lord brought to my attention a

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The Importance of what We See As we navigate through our lives in this world, we place a lot of reliance on what we see and experience all around us. We make critical decisions constantly based on what we see. Because of our natural instincts and the ways that we have been conditioned in life, we respond

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Choices and the One Lost Sheep Yesterday we explored the parable of the lost sheep. In my discussion points, I introduced an interesting dichotomy when discussing the 99 that were left behind. The parable says that the man left them in order to go searching for the one that had gone astray. The story says that

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More Words from Jesus about the Children Yesterday we talked about two instances where Jesus taught about the importance for each one of us to become like children in the manner in which we approach Him in faith. We read the details about the first instance in Mark chapter 10. Today we will read the details about the

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Jesus’ Love for the Children Jesus had a deep compassion and a place in His heart for the children. In our scripture today we will see one example of this that is found in Matthew chapter 10. While He is in the middle of teaching lessons about the kingdom of God to the crowds that had gathered, some people

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The Special Gifting and Power of the Knight This is a continuation of my recent devotional about the similarities of the kingdom of God and His plan with the game of chess. In that devotional, I discussed how even though the pawn is generally considered to be the weakest and most expendable piece on the chess board, it

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Not Everything Is as It Seems – Giving Thanks Today’s scripture says that we should give thanks to the LORD… the title of this psalm is about giving thanks to Him. But notice how this psalm starts out in verse 1 with a call for us all to give Him thanks. After it starts with this call, it describes a bunch of problems that

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The LORD – The Ultimate Chess Master I have been contemplating and pondering this special message for the past several days. It is about a theme that is seen throughout the entire bible (the whole counsel of God). It is about the natural strengths and abilities that God gives as gifts to each one of us. He then

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God’s Unending Patience In today’s scripture we will read some important words that God said to the nation of Israel as a promise to them. He promised that He was going to rescue and save them from their calamities. Ultimately He repeatedly assured them that they were very special to Him and that He was

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Strength from Weakness “Counter-intuitiveness” is a theme that can be consistently seen throughout all of the lessons that Jesus taught to His followers. The way that we naturally view and respond to situations is generally the opposite of the way that they are done in the kingdom of God. There is a

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Loving God – The Essence of the Law This is the theme that the Lord gave me for today. What does it look like to be a law-abiding citizen in the kingdom of God? Well, it is obviously someone who is very diligent at obeying the law and rejecting criminal activity. In Matthew chapter 22 Jesus was engaged in a debate

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Change Is Underway In yesterday’s devotional, I mentioned that the LORD is the Alpha and the Omega and that He is the agent of change between the two. I have also made several references recently to Psalms 46, the sons of Korah and how the LORD made a new beginning out of what began as rebellion

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The Beginning of the End This is the word that the LORD placed on my heart as He gently woke me this morning. It is a theme based on a play on words. You see, it is a word that could be called the “Beginning of the End” or it could be called “The End of the Beginning.” It is also a word about then (the