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... 6:14, 8:11, Matthew 24:6-7, 11
For over an hour the other day I strolled down Nostalgia Lane with a September 4, 1939 copy of ... sold for $465 and best-selling books cost $2. Big news in the music world was Bing Crosby, whose records sold for 35 cents a platter. ...
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Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off. That day happened to be the ...
... I have seen individuals in an argument verbally hit below the belt and assault another’s character. I’ve seen a lot of mudslinging ... rehearse the fight or the vote year after year. The work of God slows down when we are not big enough to take it on the chin and say, “We ...
... Read Mark 6:31–32
It is almost 10:00, Monday night. The children are snoozing upstairs. Aside from a few outside noises—a passing ... May I remind you? That still, small voice will never shout. God’s volume doesn’t increase because we allow noise and activity to ...
Read Psalm 119:127-128
The thing I have always appreciated about the Bible is that when great truth is given, God frequently incarnates that truth in lives with whom we can identify.
He ... Abraham as a model "who staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief."
He doesn't just talk about standing alone and being ...
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Remember that suffering is not new. In what is probably the oldest book in the Bible, the book of Job, we read, “For man is born for ... starting today. The message they consistently hear is that God has nothing but happiness and success in store for them if they’ll ...
... kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well. ... over his untimely deed, saying things like, “Life is over. God can never, never use me. I'm absolutely finished.”
Maybe that's ...
... Read Job 20:1–29
“Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time, ever since people were first placed on the earth, the ... depth charges. Though Job was a seasoned and mature man of God, they must have hurt as they exploded in his mind. Even for the strong, ...
... and indulged, in this self-centred harem of Persia, all of the emphasis rests upon her becoming a woman of greater physical beauty. ... was there for one reason: because she knew that the hand of God was on her life, and through circumstances and Mordecai’s wisdom, she had ...
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God's sharp sword stabbed me deeply recently as I was on a scriptural hunt in the Ephesian letter. I was searching for a verse totally unrelated to the one ... you. And your melody is broadcasted right into heaven, where God's antenna is always receptive...where the soothing strains of your song are ...
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The ministry’s legal name is Insight for Living Ministries Canada and must ... program or project, IFLC will honour that restriction with the express proviso that when the need for such a program or project has been ...
... lightning strikes between clouds and earth, or shrink before the long blasts of heavenly trumpets announcing that God is ready to meet you?
Just your regular, ho-hum quiet time, right? In ...
As we continue to walk through this season of unrest the hymn Our God, Our Help in Ages Past , written by Isaac Watts, is a great reminder that ...
... remarkable insight into my own life and those around me.
The simple and obvious answer to the riddle is this: I own a copy of his book ... “Contentment,” in The Finishing Touch: Becoming God’s Masterpiece (Dallas: Word, 1994), 554-55. Copyright © 1994 by ...
Read Proverbs 4:18–23
The older I get the more serious I am about study and preparation. From my early days as a ... and for simply listening to the still small voice of God. Do all that, and others will want to sit at your feet and listen.
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... and her son Austin.
Chuck : I wrote The Grace Awakening to say, in effect, “Everybody, take a deep breath, and give everyone the room you would like to have in your life—to be and to do.” How you ...
Read Isaiah 43:19
Though I have walked with God for several decades, I must confess I still find much about Him ... and open! There are insights to be discovered which the Spirit of God quietly whispers. There are solutions to be applied, profound lessons to be ...
Read Luke 23:48
And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. (Luke 23:48)
Our Lord has modelled the art of dying.
Though mercilessly tortured, He refused to ...
Read Colossians 3:7–10
The flesh dies a slow, bitter, bloody death—kicking and screaming all the way down. “Putting off” the clothes of the old self—the old, habitual ... that. “Instant” change is as rare as it is phoney.
God did not give us His Word to satisfy our curiosity; but to offer wisdom ...
... So did willpower and laziness. Right fought against wrong in the main event and not too many folks remained neutral. There was a clear, ... and shame. On other occasions we tightened our belts, did the hard thing, and we made it happen. We felt proud of our determination and ...
