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The fool says in his heart there is no God. — Psalm 14:1
By mimi On April 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Devotional, Discipleship/Sanctification, From the Heart, Prayers
I liked this thought so much that I wanted to share it. I hope you enjoy it and are blessed by it as I was. May we all grow in His grace and knowledge and love, not to remain on milk, but mature with ‘solids’ each day (or week, [...]
Appreciating your clergy…
By mimi On October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Discipleship/Sanctification, Prayers, Uncategorized
8 ways to encourage your pastor…
have you encouraged him lately?
2 Kings 11-13 “God Thwarts the Plans of the Wicked”
Athaliah killed the entire royal family, or so she thought. There was a baby name Joash, who was taken and hidden in the house of the Lord. He later became king and Athaliah was eventually killed.
How can you not believe in providence? God chose [...]
1 Pt. 4:12 Deal With It (Suffering)
1 Pet. 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Is it just me or does it seem like most believers are perplexed when trials befall them? Do we not try [...]
No, I am not mocking contemporary worship or dealing with the regulative principle or any of that. Instead, I am responding to what Israel’s captors asked of them in Psalm 137:
3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
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King Ahaziah sent two groups of 50 soldiers to apprehend the lone prophet Elijah and were destroyed by fire that Elijah called down on them. The third group of 50 begged for mercy and Elijah was permitted to go down with him where he subsequently prophesied the King’s death. In 2 Kings 2, the ascension [...]
My evening readings were in 1 Pt. 1-2 and there is so much precious truth in it all, however 1 Pt 2:24 sticks out for me today:
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have [...]
My afternoon reading today was from Psalm 136. The refrain, “His love endures forever”, occurs in all 26 verses of this Psalm and was recited in responsive fashion before the congregation.
I know that some folks don’t like ’7-11′ choruses in Church (7 words sung 11 times), and I would be the first to say [...]
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