Category: From the Heart!
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Honest, Raw and Intimate
Who doesn’t seem to be going through a time of trouble these days? With inflation, the cost of gas and a recession looming. King David was in a time of trouble in his life. He felt like he was in a ‘swamp’, a ‘Black Hole’, a ‘deathtrap’. He says, ‘I’m… flat on my face, reduced…
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Energy, Power and Strength!
Where does your energy come from? Where does your power com from? Where does your strength come from? In Psalm 68:28-35, David proclaims that ‘the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!’ (v.35). God promises to give you His power, and His strength (vis The Holy Spirit). David…
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Recession?
By all indications the United States will soon move into another recession. In the last recession, many of the companies, that business consultant Jim Collins had profiled in his international bestselling book “Good to Great”, fell. Even the ‘mightiest’ of companies can fall. In his most recent book, “How the Mighty Fall”, Collins examines the…
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Idi Amin…
Back in 1977, Bishop Festo Kivengere was part of a group of church leaders who delivered a letter of protest to Idi Amin, speaking out against the beatings, murder and unexplained disappearances of people taking place across Uganda. The next day, Festo Kivengere’s friend and church leader, Archbishop Janani Luwum was murdered by Idi Amin…
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Be an Encourager!
The antidote to opposition and evil is to walk in the opposite spirit – to be those who ‘promote peace’. The writer in Proverbs 12 contrasts the ‘deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil’ (v.20) with ‘joy for those who promote peace’ (v.20). How can you do this? Promote peace with your words.…
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Certainty in an Uncertain World!
It is easy to trust God when things are going well. In Psalm 62 David urges, ‘Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in him at all times (v8) Trusting in God at all times means trusting him not only when things are going well, but also when things are not going so…
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Your Story…
A young man’s parents split up when he was a child and he was brought up by his alcoholic mother who beat him. When he was fourteen years old, he stood up to her and said he would not accept the beatings any more. The next day she took her own life. From that moment,…
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Hear My Cry…
I love the book of Psalms. I find so much encouragement in the writers words. My favorite is Psalm 61:1-8.The stress and pressure of life can often be overwhelming. Just ask David as he was to, ‘overwhelmed and fainting’ (v.2, AMP). He was a leader (‘the King’, v.6). Those who lead others need themselves to…
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Human Help is Worthless…
Compared with God’s help, human help is worthless. ‘With God’, David says, ‘we shall gain the victory’ (Psalm 60:12). He was speaking about physical battles. The apostle Paul writes that our main battles in life are not physical. They are not ‘against flesh and blood, but… against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly…
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Beauty for Ashes…
David, in the Psalms, speaks of ‘desperate times’ (Psalm 60:3). There are times in life when everything seems to go wrong. Maybe even now you are facing a desperate situation – perhaps with your health, a bereavement, the breakdown of a relationship, work problems, family difficulties, financial trouble or a combination of these. Remember, there…
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