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The Manifestation of Your Blessings
Genesis 1:1(NLT) says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” You and I do not know when the beginning began, but we know that whenever it was, God was there, because He tells us in Revelation 22:13(NLT), “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and…
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It’s Not About You
Galatians 5:19-21(NLT) “19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that…
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Blessed Are Those that Trust in God
Isaiah 41:10 (NLT) “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” Maxine, known to her friends and family as Max, has a life that most people envy. She has a 40-hour…
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Pay Attention When Something Feels Wrong
When we give our lives to Christ and become born-again, the Holy Spirit, God’s seed, comes to live inside us. Jesus Christ said in John 16:13(NLT), “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He…
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More Precious Than Jewels
Proverbs 19:14(ESV) “House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” In Old Testament times, wealth and possessions went from father to son. A daughter was not allowed to inherit her father’s wealth, so she did not receive an inheritance, only a dowry that she could bring into her…
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The Unspoken Truth
Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” You probably never thought the day would come when you would feel that you’ve finally reached the finish line. You’ve…
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Commit Your Actions to the Lord
Proverbs 16:3(NLT) “Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed” In His Word, God calls us His masterpiece. We are indeed His finest work. Ephesians 2:10 says that He created us in Christ Jesus to do all the good things that He planned for us long ago. When it comes to building…
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Jesus Calms the Storm
Leslie’s youngest daughter, Vanessa, had been a very quiet and reserved child until she turned 14 years old. She began to date boys and skip school, all the while her mother and two older siblings were completely oblivious. It wasn’t until her grades began to slip that Leslie caught a glimpse that something was wrong.…
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What Happened to the Blessing?
Joel 2:25-26(NLT)“25 The LORD says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. 26 Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the LORD…
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The Mirror in Your Partner
Every rationally thinking human being needs companionship. This need comes standard with our packaging, and it isn’t going to change. God has blessed us with various forms of relationships to have with one another. They are wonderful, but no other relationship can bring the level of intimacy and union that marriage can, and God structured…
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Buckle Up
Galatians 6:7-8(NLT) “7 Don’t be misled–you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.” I…
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Changing Our Hearts
When thinking about the human heart, most of us first consider the vital organ of the human body that is necessary to keep the body alive. In the physical sense, the heart is a large muscle. As it beats, it pumps blood around the entire body, carrying oxygen and nutrients throughout all the parts, while…
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Don’t Let Fear Hinder Your Faith
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 (NLT) Jesus Christ tells us in John 10:10(NLT) that “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.” The thief that our blessed Lord and Savior references in this verse is the devil. In John 10:1, he provides a little more…
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Heavenly Hellos from God
Psalm 16:2,5, 7-8 (NLT) “2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Master! Every good thing I have comes from you.” 5 LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. 7 I will bless the LORD who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.…
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Let Us Continue to Love
1John 4:7-10(NLT) “7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into…
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The Second Coming of Christ
The first coming of Jesus Christ to the earth was displayed in stages of his birth, ministry, sacrifice, resurrection, and ascension. The Rapture is one of the events of the End Times, and the Great Tribulation, referred to as the Tribulation in the Gospels and New Testament, is another, but there are also other events.…
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The Rapture
The scriptures point to the Rapture, the sudden catching away of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to heaven, as the first event of the end times. When considering the population of the whole earth, the disappearance of millions may for many people seem unnoticeable. For the unbelieving at large that do notice, it…
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How Do I Make A Man Love Me?
The minds of many women are occupied with the question, “How do I make a man love me?” We want to know how to make him light up when we walk into a room and we want him to absolutely adore us. We desire the ultimate commitment from a man, and we want him to…
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The Very Best for Our Lives
1Kings 3:7-9 (NLT) “7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. 8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! 9 Give me an understanding heart so…
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Never Compromise Your Love for God
Matthew 23:8-10 (NLT) “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters. And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father. And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher,…
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Keep Your Guard Up
John 3:20-21(NLT) “All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.” God has given every believer the ability to discern what is…
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Be the Reason
One of our primary responsibilities as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is to be the reason that others think God is good. There is in truth no boundary for His goodness, because He is good all the time. As followers of Christ, we should be so convinced of God’s goodness that it should be…
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Permission to Use the Key
“And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” Matthew 16:19(NLT) Personally, I absolutely love seeing two people in love. It’s even more beautiful when they know that the hand of…
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Marriage Is Something Special
James 4:3(NLT) “And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong – you want only what will give you pleasure.” When Jesus came to the coasts of Caesarea Philippi in northern Israel, something dramatic happened. It was during the first six months of his third year of ministry and…
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God Must Be Your Highest Priority
“Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.” Matthew 6:21(NLT) Sarah was smart, savvy, and a successful attorney. Because of her success, she felt she was doing the Lord’s work. No stranger to accolades from her family, friends, and colleagues, she grew to expect that everyone was in awe of…
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Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, taught the disciples in John 14:15-17(NLT), “15 If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive…
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Loving Wisely
John 15:9(NLT) “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.” In Colossians 3:14(ESV), our Heavenly Father tells us, “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” This is an amazingly important verse, especially when it comes to significant relationships. Through the Apostle Paul,…
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Let Your Love for God Be Genuine
After reminiscing one day about a past relationship with one of my sisters in Christ, she phoned me with a question. “Kim, you said something the other day that I don’t quite understand. You said that I should never give a man that I’m dating husband privileges.” She told me that this was the way…
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I Can Do All Things Through Christ
The Apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:13(NKJV), “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” This is a simple verse that packs a powerful punch. Of course, we need to use wisdom to rightly divide it, because the Apostle Paul is talking about God’s provision, and the reality that the Lord makes sure…
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My Cup Overflows
Pause for a minute. Take a comfortable seat and allow your mind to wonder back to Old Testament times. It was rough to say the least. Idolatry was rampant, and rather than worshiping the One True Living God, people worshiped just about anything. They worshiped the sun, moon, and the stars. They made idols out…