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... but you can spend it only once. Choosing one thing over all the rest throughout life is a difficult thing to do. This is especially true ... this comes first.”
If I am to seek first in my life God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, then whatever else I do ought to ...
... 46:10
Eight words were brashly smeared across the dashboard of the speedboat tied up at Gulf Shores, Alabama. They reflected ... words in Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God!”
Let that sink in. Let’s leave the noise and speed to the ...
Read Philippians 4:13
Do you know that you are the recipient of limitless ability...incredible strength? Just read a few ... your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can ...
When we think of weddings, our focus is rightly on the event taking place—a man and woman pledging to stand side-by-side for the ... they were committing to stand by us in our covenant before God.
As believers, how often do we live out this same intentionally in our ...
... Read Exodus 2:16-25
“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and watered ... limelight, to accept his new status. I ask again: Are you? God will use failure in your life to break down that strong desire in your ...
... for her life for 30 minutes. Thirty-eight people watched the half-hour episode from their windows with rapt fascination. Not one called ... those we may find in need. Consider going out on a limb: ask God to let you help someone in urgent distress in the immediate future. Be ...
... Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Peter 5:7
Mary...sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said. But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. "Master, don't you care ...
... workshop of action and production. That’s not far from the truth. Your mind is a thought factory. Every day on that internal ... your way, why you’re more than a conqueror. Here’s what God says:
Now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your ...
... adage, “smells bad.” In other words, it stinks up the works.
God says He hates “haughty eyes” (Proverbs 6:17). He calls a proud ...
... remembering a perfect Monday evening from years back....
The smell of homemade clam chowder greeted me as I walked through the front door. After kissing the kids and hugging the cook, I settled into my ...
... campaign, “We’re voting for a president, not the pope.”
The level of disregard for moral standards in our culture has become shocking. Kids rejecting their God-ordained gender and being encouraged to do so, young adults choosing ...
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"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.... But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all ...
... At times putting words on paper can free our feelings from the lonely prison of our souls. Especially in times of heartache and disappointment.
It was King David who wrote:
O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! From the ends of the earth, I cry to ...
... President Ronald Reagan kept a plaque on his desk in the oval office which read: There’s no limit to what you can accomplish if ... was not original with him. It comes from the heart of God. Here’s how the apostle Paul stated it:
I once thought these things ...
Romans 12:1 deals with the physical, our bodies. Romans 12:2 deals with the metaphysical, our minds.
Jews focused all of their attention on the ... day when Christ returns and refashions the world to reflect God's character. Until then, we are to reject the pattern of thinking that ...
... effective. It’s on my mind more and more as I’ve rounded the turn into my 80th year of life. What I’ve come to realize is that part of ...
Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus. You have heard me teach things that have been ...
Read Matthew 6:19-21
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow, and which will not, Speak ... us sense a summons back to our inescapable responsibility. God commands us to “number our days, that we may present to [Him] a heart of ...
... March 15, 1767, when she gave birth to her son who grew into the independent-minded South Carolina rebel nicknamed “Old Hickory.” Andrew ... Him to bring new dimensions of His power in your weakness. God seems to do His best work when we are enduring our hardest times.
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... 20:12; Proverbs 4:1, 13:1; Luke 11:11-13
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the ...
... a dollar bill lasts for only 18 months; a painted line on the road remains only three to four months; and a tornado seldom lasts more ...
There are differences of opinion, but most agree that the human lifespan averages somewhere between 75 and 80 years. That may sound ...
