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Lord have mercy upon all who read this. Draw us closer to you today. Purify our hearts. Fill us with peace, joy, patience, faith, and courage. Empower us to walk in your wisdom, your love, and for more of your righteousness to manifest in our lives today according to the working of your grace. In the hour of temptation, show us the source of the influence that is not in accordance with who you intend for us to be. Remind us of the truth and prompt us to resist the evil influence, to take captive and refute any lying thought, and honestly lift up toRead More →

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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:76-79 John the Baptist’s father Zechariah is prophesying over his newborn son about the Baptist’s ministry. That the Baptist was the forerunner of the messiah whoRead More →

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I just went into the publishing business! My first release is A Thirty-One Day Devotional on God’s Character (For Christ’s Glory I Seek) I have plans for at least two more in the series, if it goes well. I’ll expand into print when I can afford to. If you’re reading this before July 13, 2012, I am having a free sale on 7/12 to celebrate. My only request is, if you pick it up for free and like it, please review it on Amazon and share the link with any friends who you think would be blessed by it. Thanks so much. A little moreRead More →

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“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 1:6 Sometimes, when God has began a good work in us,  it seems to take forever, especially with emotional healing and overcoming all sorts of life challenges. We want an instant miracle, not a painful spiritual growth process that can have such a slow pace that it makes rush hour traffic look like its racing on a NASCAR track. We may feel like we’re getting no where and wonder if we’ve misunderstood what God wanted to do in our lives, or ifRead More →

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“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” — Romans 12:15 Most of us immediately will recognize and acknowledge that the Bible says envying those who rejoice is sinful rather than godly behavior, but most of us honestly believe they’re doing what the Bible tells them to do when they rebuke those who mourn for mourning. We think they’ve cried long enough, that it’s time for them to pull up their bootstraps, stop “dwelling” on that, and move on. I’ve even heard well-educated pastors who ought to know better say that we should rebuke brothers and sisters who mourn longer than we think isRead More →