Luke 19:13 (KJV) – And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke 19:13 (NASB) – And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’ Occupy (pragmateuomai) – occupy, […]
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After years of drought in California, the rain is beginning to fall. The drought has broken. They are forecasting so much rain that it could do damage. We need spiritual rain strong and powerful enough to do damage the the strongholds of thought and belief the enemy has been beginning to build in our land. The enemy has
In the last post I began to speak on spiritual hunger. Here are some scritpures on that subject for you to feed on. Psalm 42:1-3 – As the deer pants for streams of water, so pants my soul after you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT FEAR? ABOUT WORRIES AND ANXIETIES? DON’T DO IT. DON’T HAVE THEM. Though we know we are to not worry and that we are to cast our cares on the Lord, how many actually do it? This isn’t because we aren’t willing to but because WE DON’T KNOW
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Recently, I went through some practical steps and getting closer to God. This week I’m going to expand this by talking about how to STAY close to Him and abide ALWAYS in His presence. Below are some facts that are unchangeable, and we can count on them every day. When we purposely put faith in
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Hebrews 12:1-2 (Amplified) – Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course
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I have been reading lately from Hannah Whitall Smith, a woman who was born into a Quaker home and after marriage got involved in the holiness movement. She wrote many books about how to get the reality of our salvation into our daily lives. The following quote is from her autobiography, The Unselfishness of God:
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Matthew 11:28-30 (Amplified Bible) – Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will
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Prepare the Way for His Glory Isaiah 40:3-5 – The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough
1 Peter 2:24-25 (AMP) – He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree, that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd
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