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Giving What's Given

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Luke 6:38 The Blood Mobile was calling me as I glanced its way before entering church, Sunday morning. Giving blood was an easy thing to do. I just laid back and let the technicians draw a pint from my body,…

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God's Testimonies and Ours

“Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!’ Psalm 119: 2-3 ESV Testimonies: Heb- It is used to describe the act of bearing witness or the evidence provided by a witness. How do we bear witness who God is and that He exists? The Word says in Psalm 119 those who keep His testimonies are blessed. What are His…

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God's Life Assurance

“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Mark 8:36 NKJV I have always wondered how someone who makes important investments and decisions in this life doesn’t see the importance of how to invest in the next. Usually, wise investors research their stock, where they will live and how much it will cost. But when it comes to looking into where they will…

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Let Go

  “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 There have been a number of messages from the pulpit on being accountable to  Christ.  And to be honest with you, when I reflect on this, there are times I can relate with the servant who hid his talent in fear. (Matthew 25:14-30) Whenever I find excuses for not doing what I know to do, it’s because I rely on myself. …

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The Cross is a Positive Sign

How “His Cross” is a Positive Sign  + And How You Can be “Positive” about Your Salvation Jesus Lifted Up Painting by Brandi Ramirez “But I, when I am  lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”  John 12:32 NIV Without a relationship with the “one” true God we are negative (   ——-    ) and minus the power to live the life God intended in this world and to live eternally with God in…

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The New You

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”.  2 Corinthians 5:17 Greek Word: metamorphoó – Transform As I began to revise some writing with the frame of a text box, I found it increasingly difficult. I needed to copy and paste some text to a new document. But as I began to do this the format would change. It was just…

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His Table

After partaking in Holy Communion this past Sunday, the Word “Table” resonated as spiritually significant.  As I began to study the Word, I discovered some amazing things. In Psalm 23:5 David mentions how the Lord sets a “Table” before him in the presence of his enemies”. In Exodus 25:30 the Lord says, “And you shall set the Bread of the Presence (Showbread) on the “table” before Me, continually.…

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Draw Near

  Context: Exodus 19:1-25 Focus: “On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.”Exodus 19:16   God told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai on the mountain to tell the people to keep His covenant and He would make them a Holy nation, set apart. He told Moses to have the…

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God Has Our Back

“Then the Lord said to Moses. Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.” Exodus 14:15 Once God has delivered us from the bondage of sin we have only one thing to do, and to do it consistently, and that is to leave everything behind and move forward in Christ Jesus. What are we leaving behind; the past, our sins and former ways of doing things. But the enemy does not give…

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What's Love Got to Do With It?

What’s Love Got to Do with It? And Is it just a second-hand emotion? (Tina Turner’s Song)  “ We love because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 When I sought to discover the Word’s definition of love, I discovered something very profound, and it is this; Until we experience God’s genuine love, we cannot love others, genuinely. It’s not only improbable but impossible. At the most, we can only go…

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Who Do You Say You Are?

“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Matthew 4:5-6 Immediately following Jesus’ baptism, the heavens were opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, and there was a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son in…

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A New Thing

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 If anything observable disputes the theory of evolution it is the metamorphosis of the butterfly. It doesn’t take thousands or millions of years for the transformation to take place but a few days.  God had predestined the change to take place and it is in the DNA.…

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Listen to Him!

“And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. “He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased, Listen to Him!” Matthew 17: 4-5 When Jesus took three of His disciples up a high…

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Divine Alignment

“Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” John 5:19 Jesus emphatically let those who questioned his works know that everything he did aligned with the will of God. When he healed on the Sabbath the religious leaders questioned him, saying he was…

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Faith in Adversity

“This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.  Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.” Matthew 1: 18-19 When we look at the adverse circumstance…

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God Waits for Our Trust

“So the Lord must wait for you to come to Him so He can show you His love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for His help.” Isaiah 30:18 In 2 Chronicles 14- 16 I read how King Asa of Judah returned God’s people back to keeping His covenant and laws. Prior to even this, he trusted God to defeat Judah’s enemies. Later, however, in the 36th year of  his reign…

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Salvation Army Gone Woke

“Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 NKJV My husband has supported the Salvation Army for many…