May 2024
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Did David lack faith in God by gathering five smooth stones instead of just one when he faced Goliath? It didn’t matter if he had 1, 5, or 500…the 4 1/2’ shepherd boy whose only war strategy was delivering cheese sandwiches picked a simple sling shot, denied the King’s personal armor, and faced a seasoned
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There are so many people this describes.I’ve been there! Now I’m Restored! Renewed! Revived! I have been thanking God all day for what He’s been doing in my life and church this two and a half years. What a refreshment He’s brought to my life! I was stuck in Psalm 80 today literally reading and
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How do you respond during tough times of life? David shows us in Psalm 40. He begins by giving praise and testimony of how the Lord had helped him in times past. David was still facing more problems than he could count (v. 12a): the consequences of his own sin (v. 12b) and enemies out
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The qualifications for an elder and pastor are not something you check off a list initially but ones you possess with increasing measure as you grow in the pastorate. Men do not invent the qualifications for elders and pastors. You don’t appoint your buddies, the biggest givers, or the most tenured people to eldership. You
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What do you do when you find out someone has been involved in a gross and far-reaching sin? Does it depend on what the sin was and how deeply they have hurt others? Some sin is more public, more damaging, and has more consequences than others. But in reality, sin is sin and all of
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When my oldest daughter was in the first grade a boy asked her to date him at school. The good thing is my daughter told him he would have to ask her daddy first. Yes! First graders dating, really? When my wife told me about this I was taken back. My little girl was on
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Have you ever been experienced physical, mental, and relational anguish and anxiety because of your sin? That’s where we find David in Psalm 38. He is extremely troubled by his sin, mentioning that in verses 3-4 and 18. He has confessed his sin (v. 18) and is still undergoing guilt, remorse, and the overwhelming burden
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Are you bitter over what others have done to you? Hebrews 12:15 says, “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” Bitterness doesn’t just hurt you – it hurts many others. Whenever I think of someone who
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Do you ever wonder why bad people prosper and good people suffer? Well, at least it seems that way sometimes. How do they get away with evil? Why do those who do the right thing get punished? David wondered the same thing in Psalm 37. In forty verses, he refers to the wicked/evil person and
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One of the greatest honors of my life was serving as a children’s and preschool pastor for over ten years. Those I had the honor of teaching and discipling at the ages of 3 and 9 are now in their 20s and 30s. Some I’ve had the honor of preaching their weddings, praying over the
stephen R Harrison 