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Good and Faithful Servant
You were not created to be a clone of anyone else and your worth is not determined by whether or not someone is pleased with you or you measure up to some standard of accomplishment they have determined is the threshold whereby you may obtain their approval! Many people spend their whole life trying to […]
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You Have an Appointment With Your Purpose
The Lord chose you, so it is He who sets this appointment and the particulars of the appointment. Even with the wonderful blessing of being chosen for this appointment by the Lord himself, still, you have a choice as well. You can choose to show up and accept God’s appointment, or you can run from the […]
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Some Things Never Change
People change. Oh, the physical changes are evident from the very beginning. When you first see a new born baby you know they will never be at that stage, that season of life again. Just the passing of days or weeks will bring about such change that it will be obvious the child is growing […]
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Your Name is Written in Heaven
Jesus declares that we have authority to trample on the enemy; we have authority, through Jesus Christ, over all of the power of the enemy. It is very encouraging to know that when you have to face the enemy, you have authority over him in the name of Jesus. Sure, the devil will mess with […]
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Yet Believing, You Rejoice
There are plenty of examples that illustrate how easy and natural it is to rejoice in the Lord when you see His hand at work in a mighty, even miraculous way. That’s great for those mountaintop times; when everything is going just the way you wanted it to and the Lord is obviously answering your […]
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Taking That Step of Faith
Peter walked on the water. Well, he took at least one step of faith until he got his eyes off of Jesus and began to listen to the wrong voice! You may face situations sometimes that are so stormy, you feel like you cannot even stand, much less take a step. Maybe you see […]
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Your Father Knows What You Need
Your heavenly Father loves you so much and He wants to give good gifts to you and indeed has filled your life with good things. (Perhaps you could take just a moment and think of five good things in your life right now and write them down, giving thanks to God for them.) But Moses […]
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Missing What Was
It seems like some things never change, even back in Solomon’s day there was the tendency to look back at days gone by and think that they were better than these days. There are a couple of reasons why we tend to think along those lines. First let’s consider the children of Israel when they […]
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He is Willing to Help You
It is one thing to believe that God is able to help you; that He has the power and authority and whatever else is needed in any given situation. As you read through the Word of God, His abilities are on display from the very beginning of time all of the way into eternity! But, […]
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The Wonder of God’s Justice
So, why would it be just for the Lord to forgive us our sins when we confess them? We should still have to pay since we were found guilty, right? That would be and is correct, except for one thing — Jesus paid the price of redemption so that we could be released from our […]