Category: Encouragement
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You Have Free Speech!
Free Speech. THE HOTTEST TOPIC in quite awhile. But speech has always been free! Sure, there may be consequences from what is said, but anyone and everyone can freely say what they want. Phil Robertson said what he wanted to say, in regards to homosexuality and sin in general. No one put a gun to…
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Meet with God
Awesome is the encounter; when God and man commune as one. Fragile meets Unbreakable, impotent meets Omnipotent at the place of worship; above the Mercy Seat, between the two cherubim. “There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony,…
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What If Santa Got Sick?
Wow! Only one week until Gift Exchange Day. Just 7 days before one of our Happy Holidays. Approximately 168 hours left before someone we all know and love takes to the friendly skies, with a cheery ho-ho-ho and sleigh full of toys. I wonder if he ever has a bad day? What if the red-suited…
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Worship and Warfare
“Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.” (Joshua 6:1 ESV) Have you ever sat watching people as they go about their day? I have. Actually, I’m the kind of person who could sit for hours and do nothing but watch people!…
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I Hate Cancer
I hate cancer! Cancer: a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis (which is the spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body; also : the process by which such spreading occurs). An…
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The Check Engine Light
I would like to add to what was written in a previous post, “Shame On Us.” Every single person living on planet earth has a problem with sin. What do I mean, “has a problem”? Well, I DON’T mean people have a problem sinning; like they can’t find a way to sin! Not at all!…
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A Reason To Worship
In case you can’t find a reason to worship the Lord this Christmas season, here’s one for you. “And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.” (Exodus 4:31 ESV) Have you heard the…
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I AM
Just suppose you’re out for a little exercise. You know, just a little walk around the block. You’re minding your own business, when something catches your eye. Across the street is a burning bush. No, I’m not referring to a winged euonymus, a bush that turns bright red each fall. I’m talking about one like…
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Worship Is Costly
Churches prepare annual budgets about this time each year. One of the questions leaders will ask is, “how expensive, how costly, is worship?” While it’s necessary for churches to plan and spend wisely, true worship isn’t a “dollars and cents” issue. It is a matter of the heart; a very costly matter of the heart.…
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No Reason To Worry
Why do people worry so much? Why do I worry as much as I do? How about you? Is it because I don’t realize all I have? Like, maybe I’m unable to see what’s in my cupboard? Do you have a vision problem, as well? I mean, if I knew my bank account had one…
Jan Grace 