What Are You Wearing This Halloween?

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 NKJV Millions of kids all over the world will trick-or-treat today! I remember the excitement year after year of choosing the perfect costume. It was the one time each year, I could be …

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It Is Enough

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. …

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Encourage, Plant & Serve

“Whether you turn to the right, or turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying this is The Way walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 NIV How are we to walk?  Do we know why we are here? We can honor the Lord, our God, everyday …

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Stand Firm

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you. 1 Peter 5:6 ESV If you desire to please God and be an effective servant for His glory, stay humble before Him, and wait patiently for God to intervene in your …

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The Key Ingredient

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” Matthew 13:33 NIV Every baker understands the importance of yeast in making a good loaf of bread. It’s …

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Perhaps Its Time To Say Enough Is Enough!

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 BSB If you’ve been a Christian any length of time you can testify that Peter was right, Satan prowls about like a roaring lion. His attacks can be ruthless! So what do you …

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Godly Leadership Requires Action

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17 NASB We usually think of sin in terms of things we do that displease God, but some times it’s our failure to act that God finds offensive. For …

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Safety Underneath His Wing

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 NIV The enemy’s lies, his attempts to divide and conquer, and his efforts to set up permanent barriers between us and God must be thwarted. It …

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Do You Want To Walk On Water?

Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves. About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their …

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The Goal, Not Ours, But His!

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 NIV The Lord, our God, guides us in our daily walk, and desires that we not only hear his voice, but follow …

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What’s Growing In Your Garden?

I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I …

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Love Thy Neighbor

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor …

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