Category: From the Heart!
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Praise In Advance…
In Psalm 54:1-7, David says, ‘strangers are attacking me’ (v.3a). When I was selling trucks for a living (Trans-West Ford) I remember how surprised I was when I first heard the jokes about truck salesmen. “You know how you can tell a truck salesman is lying? His lips are moving.” Jokes, jeers and surprise attacks…
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You Must Take Possession Of It!
In Proverbs 10:31-11:8 the writer contrasts ‘the wicked’ with ‘the righteous’. Wickedness will lead to destruction – ‘the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity… the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness’ (11:3b,5b). Most significantly of all, wickedness is undone by death: ‘When the wicked die, their hope perishes; all they expected from their…
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Have you forgotten something?
Albert Einstein said, ‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.’ Do you at times just forget to pray, read the Bible or give thanks to God for all his blessings? Let’s be brutally honest. When things…
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Nourish…
I love the book of Proverbs. It contrasts the lives of the ‘foolish’ with the lives of the ‘wise’. In Proverbs 10:21-30 we see the writer contrast the life of the ‘righteous’ with the life of the ‘wicked’ ‘The lips of the righteous nourish many’ (v.21a). Righteousness is about our relationships – it is about…
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Choices…
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you know the right thing to do, but you also know that by doing the right thing it could be very difficult and costly? Are you often tempted to take the easy way out? In Luke 22:39-62, we see that Jesus, as well as being fully…
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Screwup to Testimony
Peter and Judas were both disciples of Christ. As role models go, feel, as I do, we desperately don’t want to be like Judas, but the life and choices Peter made give us all hope. Peter messed up, as we all do, and yet God used him. In Luke 22:39-62, after Jesus was arrested, Peter’s…
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I Am with you…
Are the storms of life raging around you? Are you facing a stressful situation at work? A difficult relationship? A worrying health issue? A financial challenge? Always remember, God is in utter control of his universe: ‘God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it…
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Hello God!
I read a story this morning about an older lady who underwent a serious surgery. The chances of her surviving were very low. After her surgery she awoke in recovery and with blurred vision saw her surgeon in his white coat. She smiles and said, “Hello God!” It was obvious that this beautiful, elderly lady had complete…
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Fear, Doubt and Dismay?
Do you ever find yourself bombarded with thoughts of doubt, fear, or even depression, dismay and ‘unnerved with alarm’? These feelings are a choice that first starts as a thought. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. The answer to fear is this: God promises that he will always go with you…
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Titanic Integrity?
One of my favorite movies is Titanic. I love the character “Jack Dawson” played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jack was such a free spirit and lived life in the moment. When the actual Titanic set sail in 1912, it was declared to be ‘unsinkable’ because of the new technology used to construct it. The ship’s hull was…
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