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With the unprecedented times in which we are living, Romans 12:12 reminds us to ... or scolding his congregation, Simeon resolved to let God’s Word and prayer overcome their opposition. It only took 12 years.
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With extraordinary devotion for Christ and the love of God’s people, Simeon faithfully preached in the same church for 54 years. His ...
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Whether you are travelling as a missionary or in the midst of your personal profession, God would have you travel as Paul travelled. I observe four enduring principles ...
... warm inside when we think about this rare breed of humanity. The kind we can look up to without the slightest suspicion of deception or hypocrisy. The kind who model ...
Read Proverbs 3:34
Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble. (Proverbs 3:34 NKJV)
My ... First, you can expect to gain a greater appreciation for God's gifts to you and others . What gifts? Several come to mind. The free ...
Read 1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 5:5
The clothing industry makes a killing every spring when people come out from ... frames are fitted with Sunday stuff.
I've been through the apparel torture chamber too many years to ignore the obvious: Most boys ... of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight" (1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV).
We cannot substitute outer garb for ...
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Her voice was weak and fearful as she spoke to me over the phone. It was almost midnight, and she kept apologizing...but she was so ... of their return. She went from home to home, longing for the day when they would come back and want her and accept her and love her. The ...
... Psalm 100:3–5
Grandparents. What amazing gifts from God. Generation after generation He provides a fresh set of them...an ... everyone else get so involved they no longer stop to smell the flowers or watch tiny ants hard at work, these special adults are deposited ...
... 36:25; 2 Corinthians 7:1
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me ...
Read Job 19:1–29
There is nothing like hope in the truth to clarify perspective and keep you going. Enduring a painful journey ... it will clarify your perspective. Truth reminds us that God is alive and just and good. I say again, wrong will ultimately be judged. ...
... years ago, I was given a book of Puritan prayers called The Valley of Vision . I have worn out one copy and had to purchase another. I ... my heart back to thee. Convince me that I cannot be my own god, or make myself happy, nor my own Christ to restore my joy, nor my own ...
... 13:4
A young fellow rushed into a gas station to use the pay phone. The manager overheard his telephone conversation as he asked: "Sir, could you ...
... your time: What are we to do when worry comes knocking on the door of our mind?
First, we must set our minds on Christ. "Seek first ... We have to decide that we are going to commit this worry to God right now and refuse to entertain it, even on the front porch of our ...
Read Psalm 62:5
Henri Nouwen called solitude..."the furnace of transformation." This doesn't refer to mere personal privacy for ... the soul where we see ourselves, others, and especially our God in new ways. It's where much of the "clutter" of life is identified and ...
Read Proverbs 25:11
Like Jell-O, concepts assume the mould of the words into which they are poured. Who has not been stabbed awake by the use ...
... direct with you. Secular thought has taken a tragic toll on the servant of God's distinctiveness.
This has begun to influence the church. Many a ...
Read Matthew 11:29
What is the most Christlike attitude on earth? Think before you answer too quickly. ... love . That is understandable, for He did indeed love to the uttermost.
Others might say patience . Again, not a bad choice. I ... be a possibility. No man or woman ever modelled or exhibited the grace that He demonstrated right up to the moment He breathed His last.
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... and I can't communicate."
"I just can't discipline the kids as I should."
"I just can't give up the affair I'm having."
"I ... "I won't," because we don't choose to say "With the help of God, I will!"
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way ...
Read Genesis 6:17-18
God informed Noah of His plan: He was going to destroy the world with a flood.
So for 120 years, by faith, Noah followed the Lord's leading. He gathered the materials; he built the ark, probably to ...
... Read 1 Peter 1:6-7
Trials come in various forms.
The word various comes from an interesting Greek term, poikolos , ... knock the slats out from under me—and vice versa. But God offers special grace to match every shade of sorrow....
This variety of ...
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Can you name people today who seem to listen carefully to God—people whose hearts are especially sensitive to the Holy Spirit?
I can almost guarantee that those are men and women who ...
