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The Joy of the Lord!

Have you ever experienced the joy of the Lord? No, I'm not talking about happiness. Happiness is not the same at all. Happiness relies solely on the external. Things like pleasure, personal experience and circumstance. The joy of the Lord is wholly different. Let me give you a few examples. Chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream makes me very happy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: devotion, jesus, joy, joy in the Lord Tagged With: devotion, faith, redeemed

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A bookcase by any other name…

Words are magical. It's no surprise that most writers love to read. Good readers are good writers and great readers are great writers. Or so I've been told. If you are a faithful blogger, you may not realize this yet, but you are a writer too! The only difference is that your words are typed onto a computer screen, not onto the pages of a bookNot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: gift of writing, God's word, i love books, jesus, reading the bible

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Dang it!

“So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness...”Exodus 15:22nkjvWhen our oldest daughter was young, many of my friends complained about how their kids held them hostage by an annoying purple dinosaur on TV. While in our home, we were trying very hard not to dislike a deformed Frenchman. The Disney movie, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: devotion, jesus, mountain top, valley, wilderness

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Probability

Last Sunday morning I was flipping through the TV channels before leaving for church. I was so sad to hear a pastor of a very large church begin his teaching about the gospel of Matthew, the very beginning of the New Testament. He told his congregation, "The first chapter of Matthew is pretty boring, all of those begots and all…Abraham begot Isaac, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, jesus, probability, prophecy

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A Restoration Invitation

God is in the restoration business.God can “ restore…the years that the locust have eaten.” Joel 2:25 He loves to do the possible with the impossible. “Behold, I make all things new.” Rev. 21:5 He tells his children.I know His word to be true because I have seen it happen in my own life.To read more, you can find me over at Faith Lifts today. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: devotion, faith lifts, jesus, redemption, restoration

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