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August 16, 2010

A Prayer for Mercy

In my Quotemeal email today was this quote from Dr. Alvin VanderGriend of Harvest Prayer Ministries: Not only does sin hinder prayer; prayer hinders sin.  The two are always opposed.  The more careless we are about sin, the less we will pray.  The more we pray, the...

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August 13, 2010

No Such Thing as Bad Luck

I am not a superstitious person. I do not have triskaidekaphobia, which is the fear of the number 13. I don’t think that Friday the 13th, which today is, is an especially unlucky day. In fact, I don’t believe in luck – good or bad....

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August 12, 2010

God Loves the Imperfect

Christians are often criticized when they sin, as if we are somehow supposed to be perfect. Perhaps that is due to the legalistic nature of some Christian denominations that spend all their time focusing on hellfire and brimstone, or because we can sometimes be a bit...

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August 11, 2010

Minor Prophet with a Major Message

I’m slowly making my way through my Bible-in-a-year schedule. Thanks to vacation I am now a month behind. Now I need a relaxing vacation on a beach somewhere so I can get caught up! Anyway, I am in the middle of Amos. I know I’ve...

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August 10, 2010

Longing for Home

Vacations can be fun and exciting, relaxing or exhausting, long or short. Before a vacation, I anticipate what I will do on vacation, the places I will go and people I will see. Before my recent vacation to New York, I purchased tickets for a...

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August 9, 2010

God Is Everywhere

I spent the last two weeks in New York City, most of that time in Manhattan. (Which explains why I haven’t posted much in the past two weeks.) Manhattan is a very busy, noisy place — much too noisy for  my taste. There are too...

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August 2, 2010

Perseverance Pays Off, Sometimes

Perseverance is an important character trait that pays off in the end. For the Christian, perseverance through the trials of this life, of the race marked out for us by God, results in the ultimate reward of eternity in heaven with our Savior. But perseverance...

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July 26, 2010

Knowledge and Humility

“Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.”  — Thomas à Kempis I am currently...

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July 23, 2010

The Open Door

I read my daily Quotemeal from http://www.heartlight.org this morning. It took me a minute to understand what this quote was saying, but once I grasped it, I really liked it.  “Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul...

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