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Monthly Archives: June 2016
June 30 – Deliverance From Our Body of Death
Psalm 66:1-9; 2 Kings 21:1-15; Romans 7:14-25 There are two types of crimes that tend to cause us to cringe in horror. In one type, a well respected person commits a major crime using his access to the target loot … Continue reading
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Tagged accepted by God, crimes, criminal, do good, God, good enough, Grace, grace of god, habits, hostage, Jesus, Jesus Christ, normal, Paul, remote control bomb, rescue, right living, sinful behavior, try hard, works
June 29 – Overcoming Wickedness
Psalm 140; Jeremiah 23:16-22; Matthew 10:16-25 I think I agree with my friend. We don’t agree on a lot of things, most things actually, but he noted on one social media platform that he wakes up every morning and opens … Continue reading
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Tagged Absalom, atrocities, corruption, David, enemies of David, evil, fight back, give in, give up, God, God's grace, God's strength, grace. Terrorists, hatred, Justice, Lord, Saul, social media, wickedness
June 28 – Light or Dark?
Psalm 140; Jeremiah 3:15-18; Ephesians 5:6-20 Perhaps it was the movie “Wall Street” that finally brought things out into the open. All those attitudes and actions that we publicly disavowed but privately engaged in soon began being accepted after that … Continue reading
June 27 – No Reservations
Psalm 140; Genesis 24:34-41 50-67; 1 John 2:7-11 It happens every so often. Some “big name” person informs the world that they have accepted Jesus as their Savior. They get ridiculed by the popular press, but cheered by Christians. Christians … Continue reading
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Tagged big name, brothers, celebrity, Christians, conversion, darkness, following Christ, hate, light, mature Christians, mistakes, moral arbiters, sinless perfection, sisters
June 25 – More Stuff More God?
Psalm 16; Deuteronomy 32:15-27 39-43; Luke 9:21-27 My dad had a lot of wisdom. I remember how often I wanted to call him up or sit down with him and ask him advice. After he died there were countless times … Continue reading
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Tagged Abel, bottom line, Cain, caring for the poor, Cross, cutting corners, dad, gain the world, God loves you, God's approval, God's blessings, helping others, integrity, Jerusalem, Jesus, more material things, more stuff, the rich man and Lazarus, walth accumulation, wealth, wisdom
June 24 – God Can’t Love You Any More!
Psalm 16; 2 Kings 1:1-16; Galatians 4:8-20 George Washington is known as the Father of our Country. He held the American army together through some very difficult times, made some brilliant moves as the Commanding General of the army, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American independence, appeas God, appease gods, blood of Jesus, British, Christian, Christian life, Cross, false gods, Father of our Country, fellowship with God, followers of Jesus, George I, George Washington, Grace, holy, King George III, mercy, pagan, rituals, sharing faith, slavery, unworthy, works
June 23 – Good Things
Psalm 16; Leviticus 9:22—10:11; 2 Corinthians 13:5-10 In recent days I have seen a number of posts belittling prayer. Most of these, of course, are from those who have a different view of God than a biblical view. Some of … Continue reading
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Tagged act, biblical view of God, communication with God, creation, Creator, David, die on the cross, God, God cares, Jesus Christ, prayer, Psalms, universe
June 22 – Anything You Say
Psalm 64; Ezekiel 32:1-10; Luke 9:37-43a My first year as a teacher was tough. I taught kids with special educational needs. In addition to those needs, many of them were behavior problems. I had class sizes of 24-28 kids, 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior problems, brag, court of public opinion, David, enemies, Facebook, first year teacher, friendship, Grace, mercy, plotting, politics, repent, special educational needs, teacher, words, YouTube
