For I am his master-creation, created in Christ Jesus unto good works. I am bought with a price. Having sold myself off cheaply, I have been redeemed at the Devil’s pawn shop where I had been priced as worthless and scheduled to be dumped into the dumpster in the alley out back. But! I have been […]
Category: God’s Nature
One of the reasons brilliant fools say in their heart, “there is no designer.” is that, if there is a designer then his designed things must be used according to the way he designed them or they will cause trouble and not work right. If your car is designed to run on vegetable oil then […]
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WHAT DO YOU WANT?-ASK!
The Lord asks the blind man what he wants, it was obvious, but he wanted the man to exercise faith by asking. He tells the king to ask him for something, anything, and the king says “No, I don’t want to presume.” Then the Lord gets angry and says, “If I tell you to ask, […]
When the devil attacks, it is often useful to concede his observation but not his conclusion. For example, he will point out “you are too weak ” and then conclude that you might as well go ahead and sin, since you will just fall in the end”, OR,” try try try to be stronger” OR, “hate […]
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ABBA father
ABBA-father, papa Dear ABBA, help me to find the best examples of loving fathers in this world and then to look beyond them and realize that if they, being basically evil can be good to their children HOW MUCH MORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN! Luke 11:13 I’ve known people who love JESUS but have trouble […]
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HASHEM = THE NAME
Isaiah 48,11 For MY own sake, even for MY own sake will I do it. For how should MY NAME be polluted , and I will not give MY glory to another. When I seek elsewhere for the things that flow from the names of GOD, I give HIS glory to these other things. It is […]
Remember the famous quote from president Kennedy? “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” I will have quite a few people who have promised to pray for me tomorrow when I have my new right hip put in. This will by my first ever surgery […]
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OUR TREMENDOUS LOVER
What is the proper focus for a christian? REMAIN IN HIS LOVE Some churches emphasize the Bible, studying it preaching it memorizing it, others emphasize singing and praise, others urge to go witnessing, others encourage a life of holiness, others the need to rest in grace. I think that all these and other things of […]
We often use pat phrases that sound good but leave the serious followers of Jesus feeling confused and vaguely guilty. They have no clue what these phrases mean or how they are to apply them to their lives. For example: lean on Jesus, trust in him, rest in grace, or listen to the still small […]
LOVE AND LIKE ARE BOTH IMPORTANT When Peter betrayed Jesus and three times he said that he did not know him, the Lord came to him and asked him if he loved (agapao) him. Peter said, “you know that I like you (phileo) . Do you agapao me? “you know that I phileo you” Do […]
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