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Don't Lose Heart

Luke 18:1–3Now Jesus was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,  saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. “There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’ Pray:Our church would multiply their prayer, praying at all times, work,…

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Biological Design

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Leadership

Acts 6:1: Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. Pray that the HS would help us to see Hs perspective of what from our viewpoint, are problems. Pray that we would seek the HS power to identify & deal with these…

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What Are You Doing Here? Revelation 4:9-11

What Are You Doing Here? Revelation 4:9-11

“And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created…

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Before the throne

Revelation 4:6-8 Verse 6 Sea of Glass Something like is in italics in the better, more literal translations, missing in the original. John appears to use this recurring idiom as a way of saying it wasn’t actually a sea of glass, rather, he didn’t really know and is translating it for us. This gives us one way to discern when we can separate the literal from a figure of speech. Later, in Rev…

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Revelation 4:4-6

Last Week We divided the chapter and the next based on perspectives of the throne: On the throne, around the throne, coming from the throne, before the throne, and toward the throne. What is the significance of the throne? Around the Throne Verse 4 Elders, Sitting on Thrones Who are the Elders. Elders are usually thought of as representatives. In the Old Testament, there are 24 priestly lines…

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The Throne Room

The Bible is interconnected. In order to understand Revelation deeply, you must read all of the Bible. Here, in Revelation, appreciate that the Bible moves across time. Its allusions, comparisons, themes, and central character are fixed throughout the Book, voiced by over 40 heralds, but only one Author.  They begin in Genesis, develop through the Book, and here they find summation in victory…

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Prayer & the Agents from A.C.T.S.

“Good times, bad times, you know I’ve had my share” … – Robert Plant Lot of fur flying about this virus business.

We have seen finger pointing, heroism, speeches, hypocrisy, selflessness, treachery, and great loss. Loss of life, jobs, space, freedom, loss of confidence. Many have made a turn to God. A Wall Street Journal opinion piece titled “A Coronavirus Great Awakening?” begins

“Could a…

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Is Jesus Enough?

The Big Point: Our lives are not in balance because we don’t recognize Jesus is all we need.

The Seven I Am’s 1. The Bread of Life – Question Your Motives

Run up: John 6:22-34 Jesus had just fed the 5K. They followed Him around on boats from one side of the Genareset to the other. Pick through the passage for possible motives for doing this. (Trust me, it involved a LOT of paddling, there’s…

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The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

President Nixon talking with astronauts of Apollo 11 on the moon

Forty eight years ago today, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the culmination of John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon before the decade was out. Outrageous! Can’t be done! It was fake!

It was no fake, but the culmination of a colossal goal, fraught with , among other things, the deaths of three…

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Acts 12

The weather last week was muggy. Some people say this is an omen for the much-needed El Niño, a weather phenom that often brings rain to California. We need the rain. A lot of moisture bloomed up from Baja. It tends to even out temperatures, but also visibility. Looking across Estero Bay, everything was a grey haze, not a lot of contrast. Almost like a bad landscape shot from a Kodak Instamatic,…

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Acts 11 I worked with a supervisor who was very by the book. Every T crossed, every I dotted.

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Acts 10

Ten years previous Jesus said to preach the Gospel to every creature. Until now, they had not spread the Gospel to the Gentiles. They had ministered to the Jews of the surrounding areas.

The Lord will entrust Peter to open the door. His first convert, Cornelius, Corn Dawg to my kids when they first heard the story from me. Corn Dawg’s life up to his encounter with Peter could be described thus:

I…

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Acts Chapter 9

Acts 9:1 -Saul was trained by Gamaliel, the teacher of teachers. Paul was also a member of the Sanhedrin. He also had a towering intellect. Yet he was too refined to stone Stephen.

Perhaps in his insecurity, after seeing the angelic countenance of Stephen, he became vehement and radical. Perhaps because of all the mental energy he had spent on the Christians.

Paul was so impressed by his…

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Acts 8 The Persecuted Church

Acts 8 The Persecuted Church

Antsal, wife of one of the 21 men killed in Libya shares how she found peace.

It is now six years since the church started, and God allows persecution in order to , among other things, to spread the church. Chapter eight sees the persecution of the church led by Saul, Phillip in Samaria encountering Simon, a charlatan, and his…

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Acts 7 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Acts 7 – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

When we last saw him, our man Stephen, having been set up by the Synagogue of the Freedmen, is hauled up before the Sanhedrin. This is their their third testimony of Jesus by the Church.

The outcome is considered horrible by most standards. We (mostly)  don’t grow up saying we want to be stoned to death as our life’s ambition. Certainly the non-Christian would want to avoid such a terrible end,…

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Acts 6 Building From Within

Acts 6 Building From Within

  The church is exploding . In Acts 2 God added daily. In Acts 6 God multiplied (KJV & NKJV). Now growing pains are setting in. The Apostles could have easily been sucked into this need. But they wisely concluded that they should have others fill it. And because they kept their focus sharpened (v2), and priorities clear, this is the result.

In Chapters 4-5 the church subtracted Ananias and…