Category: Encouragement
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Dad, what if your son followed your example?
Today, while working at one of the neighborhood malls, I happened to notice a young man, probably in his late twenties, walking hand in hand with his son (maybe four years old). I was thinking to myself, what a nice picture. A father taking time with his son. I thought maybe they were going to…
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Sexual Immorality Is Synonymous With Self-Mutilation
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. (1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV) Would you purposely stab yourself in the chest with a huge kitchen knife? Would you even think about jumping off the top of a 20 story building?…
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Why Are So Many Opposed To Love?
Love imposed on the devil’s territory, invading his lies and darkness with truth and light. Love deposed the enemy from his place of command, subjecting him to the authority of all who call on the Name of Jesus. Love transposed spiritual authority and activity, so those who believe may establish righteousness throughout the earth. Love…
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Why was Jesus raised from the dead? These truths will excite you!
It’s that time of year again; the time when life is celebrated as a holiday. Easter. I understand there are many Christians who can’t stand the word Easter, because of its pagan origin. Frankly, though I’m not wild about the word, I am okay with the concept of taking a pagan holiday and turning it…
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Panhandlers, Street Preachers, and Jesus
I was certain the guy was in it for the money; trying to sell me his beliefs in order to get at my wallet. I had it all figured out. Yep, I knew I didn’t need all the religious junk the guy on the street corner was trying to sell me. Sure. I wasn’t perfect.…
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All You’ll Ever Need Is Found At The Mercy Seat
There’s a place in this universe, though it was created for every man, woman, and child who’d ever grace this planet, far beyond the reaches of the most powerful telescope. A place not made with human hands, but a place where every sin-stained hand can find complete cleansing. A place ignored by some and cursed…
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Have You Ever Been Disowned?
How many times can a person be disowned without it affecting them? Have you ever been disowned? Have you ever been told you’re no longer part of the family? Maybe not a family, but perhaps a softball team, church, group of friends, or dinner club? And why the announcement? Because you didn’t measure up in…
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Are You Hiding In The Bushes?
I’d like to begin this post with two questions. The first – “Are you hiding in the bushes?” The second – “Who’s in the bushes with you?” Not long after God created Adam and Eve, not long after He blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply, and shortly after telling them they…
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Have You Allowed Your Dream To Die?
Every once in a while I listen to what the preacher says. Oh, I always hear them, like a lot of folks. But I sometimes actually listen. Today was one of those days. He began with the scripture, “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint.” (Proverbs 29:18 ESV) Another translation says…
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Do You Know What You Should Know?
How much stock do you put in old expressions? Here’s one that’s often used: “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” I suppose on rare occasions what you don’t know can’t affect you, but generally just the opposite is true. What you don’t know can hurt you, and probably will. The Lord, through the prophet…
Jan Grace 