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September 8, 2010

Through Is an Important Preposition

A fellow blogger wrote today about how God allows us to go through difficult times in our lives so that we might grow spiritually stronger. It got me thinking and so I wanted to expand on and add my own thoughts to this concept, which...

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September 1, 2010

God Knows Everything About Me

For some reason today, I just feel like sharing a Psalm and have nothing to add to it. I hope you enjoy. Psalm 139 (New Living Translation) For the choir director: A psalm of David.  1 O Lord, you have examined my heart       and know...

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August 31, 2010

A Life Worthy of God’s Call

Last night I was reading 2 Thessalonians while waiting for the sleep study technician to come in and hook me up for a good night’s sleep. Actually, it was a terrible night’s sleep full of weird dreams and frequently waking up to find I was...

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August 30, 2010

God Won’t Give Up

Last night I climbed into bed early and picked up my Bible to read. I checked my Bible-in-a-year plan to see what was next on my schedule and found that Psalms 119 was next on the list. My first reaction was, “I just read that....

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August 24, 2010

The Kingdom of God Within and Among Us

A friend’s comment on my post yesterday got me thinking about the Kingdom of God. Often when people think about the Kingdom of God they think of Heaven. If they have read and even partially understood the book of Revelation, they might think about the...

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August 17, 2010

Promises for the Righteous

I love the Psalms, and Psalms 1 is one of my favorites. I love that I can claim the promised blessings of this Psalm, including the promise that the Lord watches over me.  1 Blessed is the man        who does not walk in the counsel...

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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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July 10, 2010

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

Mercy is something we don’t see much of in our world today, but it is something we desperately need. According to the Random House Dictionary online, mercy is “compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one’s power; compassion,...

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