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Tag Archives: following God
May 9 – Ready for Battle?
Acts 19:1-20; Judges 10:1-11:33; Job 39 You’ve probably heard this quote – attributed to George Orwell – before. “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do … Continue reading
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Tagged Ammonites, anxiety, at their worst, blame God, champion, criticism, dangerous, following God, Forgiveness, gang of scoundrels, George Orwell, Gilead, God, God's power, Grace, gratitude, Holy Spirit, hug, hurt, Israel, Jephthah, Jesus, love, mercy, oppression, overcome darkness, peace, peaceful solution, rough, soldiers, spiritual violence, unconditional love, violence, War, warriors
April 18 – Simple Instructions
Acts 7:1-22; Deuteronomy 29-30; Job 18 Back in the dark ages, someone invented a machine called the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR). To use this machine, you would connect it to your TV and put a tape into the machine. If … Continue reading
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Tagged access to God's word, Acts 7, blinking 12:00, blinking time, Cross, false gods, following God, Forgiveness, good person, Holy Spirit, Israel, Jesus Christ, love God, mercy, Moses, nice, not easy, obey His commands, prophets, record shows, simple instructions, Stephen, tapes, VCR, Video Cassette Recorder
March 25 – In Spite of Me
Matthew 21:28-46; Numbers 19-20; Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14 There is a reluctance, a fear sometimes, when I know what God is calling me to do. There are people God wants to bless and He’s given me the privilege of participating in bringing … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, blessings, disobedience, fear, following God, God is source of blessing, Israelites, Kadesh, Meribah, messing up, mistakes, Moses, Moses and Aaron, obedience, reluctance, water from rock
August 21 – God’s Will
John 4:43-54; 1 Chronicles 17; Zechariah 6 It would be nice if it were easy to know what God wanted us to do. So often we pray and seek God’s will wondering if we should go one way or another; … Continue reading
June 25 – How Do We Know?
Mark 7:14-37; 2 Samuel 18; Daniel 11:21-45 If we don’t have a set of black and white rules to guide us in our daily walk with God, like the Pharisees had and Jesus condemned, how do we determine what it … Continue reading
March 22 – Faithfully Fearful or Fearfully Faithful?
Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 There comes a time when difficult decisions need to be made. If we are followers of Christ our decisions can be based on our fears or on our faith. Decisions based on our fears … Continue reading
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Tagged Caleb, entering the Promised Land, facing fears, faith, fears, following God, Giants, Israelites, Joshua, Promised Land
January 16 – Joy
Luke 13:1-17; Genesis 23; Psalm 16 I am amazed at people who seem to think that restoring their relationship with God will kill all their fun. Often, they say they know what they should do, but they want to wait … Continue reading
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Tagged David, following God, Joy, Relationship with God, walking with God
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December 7 – A New Heart – Really!
Ephesians 4:1-16; Ezekiel 10-11; Isaiah 42 Barney Clark is a name that many people don’t know – anymore. On December 2, 1982, though, he made history. He didn’t make it for something he did; he was the recipient of the … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial heart, following God, heart, new heart, new spirit, undivided heart
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November 24 – Freedom! or is it Slavery?
2 Peter 2; Jeremiah 43-44; Psalm 140 Freedom. What a beautiful concept. In theory, if we all had complete freedom the world would be a better place. We could do whatever we want. There would be no consequences for our … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, commitment to God, depravity, following God, freedom, licentiousness, salvation, slavery
October 19 – Good!
Revelation 19; Isaiah 5-6; Psalm 109:20-31 In the Harry Potter book series there is a candy that is dangerous to eat. They are the “every flavor” jellybeans. When you eat one of those candies there is no telling what flavor … Continue reading
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Tagged bitter, darkness, evil, following God, good, light, obedience to God, sweet
