Author: Jan Grace
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We Need Patience
“For you have need of endurance (patience) so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”(Hebrews 10:36 ESV) “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness (patience). And let steadfastness have its…
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America Needs To Blush
“To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all. So now I am filled with the Lord’s fury. Yes, I am tired of holding it in! “I will pour out…
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The Spirit Within and Upon Me
The Spirit of God is in me to dream and upon me to do. He anoints my head with oil and my hands with fire. He establishes my words and my walk. He enables me to run through a troop and leap over a wall. His power not only sustains me, but also makes me…
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The Crowd
“On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was…
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Sour Saints
It’s no wonder the world has the idea Christians are stupid; real losers. Christians have lived up to the world’s expectations! I mean, they hear the “saints of God” tell people to “get saved” and get “the joy of the Lord” and “God’s peace that passes all understanding”. Yet when the world listens to the…
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What Do We Really Expect?
Why do we, as Jesus followers, act so surprised, and even mad, when the world doesn’t treat us like their own? What do we really expect? What do we really want? Have we forgotten something Jesus said? “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one…
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All Sales Are Final
My wife and I were browsing in a second hand shop the other day when I spotted a sign by the cash register which read, “Due to the nature of our business, all sales are final.” I just had to take a picture! Life is that way, when it comes down to it. Sure, there…
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Where’s the Joy?
There sure are a lot of sad people in the world! It’s only 4 months after Christmas! What happened to “Joy To The World”; what happened to the joy? Even among believers, Christians, there isn’t a lot of joy. There are times when laughter is prevalent, but typically that’s when everything is going their way.…
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How Would You Change The World?
“How would you change the world?” Quite a question, isn’t it? Well, do you have any ideas? Here are some: 1. Make the world economy stronger 2. Eliminate hunger 3. Have all nations destroy their weapons 4. End pollution 5. Unite around one world leader If you were suddenly given the keys to the world,…
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A Spiritual Garbage Disposal
A spiritual “garbage disposal” is how many view the scripture: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”(Romans 8:28 ESV) If THEY can’t explain what is happening, or what just happened, the experience is filed in the “Romans 8:28”…
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