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Have you ever jumped out of an airplane? What about bungee jumping? Have you ever caught a 100 pound fish while deep sea fishing or hit a hole in one while playing golf? Maybe you’ve ran a marathon or won a top award for your hard work. Perhaps you’ve not done these but have heard…
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Humility. Contentment. Hope. These are marks of a maturing disciple of the Lord. In three short verses, David wrote Psalm 131 as a statement of these three qualities that were present and growing in his life. While David, like us, had moments of sin and weakness, he always repented and sought the Lord’s forgiveness and…
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Every chapter in Ephesians shows believers something about living in the Spirit of God (and the Spirit living in believers): 1:14 – we are sealed with the Spirit1:17 – we are gifted wisdom and revelation by the Spirit2:18 – we have access to the Father by the Spirit2:22 – we are indwelled by the Spirit3:5…
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In the eleventh psalm in the Songs of Ascent (Psalm 120-134), the psalmist expresses his heart and the necessity for repentance in Psalm 130. This penitential psalm serves as a reminder that if we are going to grow closer to the Lord, we must be a penitent people. Unrepentance will halt the activity and presence…
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He committed an affair and then had the husband killed in a last-ditch effort to cover his tracks. It was the scandal of the decade for such a high profile leader. For at least nine months he denied these allegations but eventually the news broke. No, this is not the story of some crooked politician…
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Would you purchase property in a war zone? Yet, that’s exactly what the prophet Jeremiah did. What seemed like a dumb move on the part of the supposedly wise prophet was actually a gesture of great faith. Jeremiah prophesied the Babylonians would take the Israelites captive no matter what (Jeremiah 32:3-5) because of their sin…
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What does God hate? Sin, obviously! He is holy (Psalm 22:3; Isaiah 43:15, Revelation 15:4). He also asks that His followers be holy (1 Peter 1:16). I want to hate what He hates, but more importantly, I want to love what He loves! One Scripture stuck out to me about what God hates actually says,…
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(A little longer than normal, but hopefully a helpful read) In baseball, you don’t have to swing at every pitch thrown at you. The same goes for criticism, accusation, attacks, and lies against your character. While we feel like we must, we don’t have to answer every critic. I used to think I had to…
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In this seventh Song of Ascent, the psalmist remembered when the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion from their captivity in Babylon (vv. 1-3) and petitioned the Lord for continual restoration as they rebuilt their lives once again in Jerusalem (v. 4-6). The people of God rejoiced in the fact the Lord had restored them…
stephen R Harrison 