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Your Heart
Your heart will always be God’s number one goal. He will rain down trials, tribulations and flat-out disaster if only to be able to mold your precious heart. Making you like Christ is of paramount importance to Him. Because of His great love for you, He will allow life to get hard, painful and almost…
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The Favored One
Which life do you think God can use more: one who has only known beauty, pleasure and recognition or one who is familiar with suffering, ridicule and belittlement? Which person has more depth, more wisdom and more strength for others to drawl from? Many flaunt their status and wealth as proof that they are special.…
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Overcoming Life
At certain times I notice I feel discouraged or angry and I’m not sure why. I scan my heart to figure out what is going on. A thought will come to me and I realize I am believing a lie. The enemy has quietly snuck into my heart and planted deceit. How often I wish…
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Desires of the Heart
What desire lies dormant in your heart? What dream inside you is unfulfilled? God often uses these sacred longings in us to draw us to Him. He wants to give us these things, but in His goodness and in His wisdom, He waits. He waits to see if you’ll seek Him, He waits to see…
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In the Face of Impossibility
There is a whole lot of conversation focused around “the circumstances”, “the problems” and “the obstacles”. But, very little talk about how God can move! Father, forgive us! We have forgotten who You are! – how much You love us! – and, how nothing, yes nothing is impossible for You! In fact, You love impossibility.…
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Darkness of Winter
God will be silent and let injustice prevail for a time to test the hearts of men. Will we remain faithful when He is seemingly absent? It is easy to believe and do right in the Glory and Warmth of His Majesty, but in the Darkness of Winter, when we are cold, hungry and comfortless,…
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The Most Wonderful Gift
We can believe in and know perfect love. It is not a fantasy or a fairy tale. Though, we often do not perceive it, it is an ever present gift flowing down from above, always before us, calling out to us, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” You see, there is a lie, as…
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Jesus, The Word of God
Many times I’ve picked up the Bible and put it down disappointed. I would need encouragement from God’s Word, but all I felt was discouraged. In these moments, I wasn’t trusting in His Word. I wasn’t “taking it in” and it wasn’t changing me. Oh, there are many reasons for my lack of faith! I…
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In His Mountain
Deep inside this mountain lies a steep and narrow passage. Much pain and heartache is inescapable for the believer who follows Jesus here. Few find it and fewer still will take it. But, I have heard of where it leads to and the glories of it! Immeasurable intimacy with Jesus and the joy you put…
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My Heart’s Desire
Who I am? I thought myself small and weak, my only asset- “never letting go”. Never letting go of the desire to please You, to love You more, to submit myself fully unto Your craftsmanship. Oh, the times it hurt, as You cut deep into my heart, removing so much of me. I cried and…
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Life-changing Words!
If we truly believed that every spoken word had an effect for good or evil, how would our words change? Do you know the power of the tongue? The Bible says there is life and death in the tongue (Prov. 18:21). We can speak words of life that literally change the atmosphere! More importantly, we…
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Humility
Humility is the rich top-soil in which we grow. Without it, the seeds God plants in our hearts will wither and die. The more pride we have, the worse the condition of our soil or should we say soul. A prideful heart refuses the hand of the Lord. This is why it is so sad…
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The Ultimate Satisfaction
I must only compare myself to the perfect obedience of Jesus. Comparing myself with others will only hold me back. Let not pride, spiritual success, jealous, envy, self-righteousness or entitlements hold us back. If we will continually choose humility, continually submitting our will to the Father, we will one day taste the glory of the Ultimate Satisfaction, becoming like…
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Unliked
Who doesn’t want to be liked? But, living for what others think to be liked is a bondage that will make us sad and trite. Believe me! If we want to become truly dynamic life-changing people, we have to be willing to lay down the “mindset of the times”, follow and speak the Truth only.…
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The Cost of Greatness
The Cost of Greatness: to be despised, rejected, stricken, made to suffer, pierced, crushed, unfairly punished, oppressed, afflicted, given over to one’s enemies and falsely accused all the while silently bearing it. Isaiah 53 is the Great Necessary Cost to becoming like Jesus. There is no higher calling, no greater honor or greater reward to…
