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Because of their rebellion and disobedience, the Jewish people were taken captive into Babylon for seventy years (Jeremiah 29). There is always consequence for sin, the biggest being separation from the Lord. When we feel that separation and desire to be restored to the Lord, repentance is beginning to take place in our hearts. It…
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Two leadership qualities needed for making best decisions for your church not just right now, but especially right now, are HUMILITY and COURAGE. Both are necessary. They balance each other. Courage without humility will make rash decisions. Humility without courage will make no decisions. Together, they bring about wisdom. I didn’t say they’d make everybody…
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“Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord…
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I used to have a habit of journaling. It included some highlights, prayer requests, and praise moments from my day. This is my attempt to start that back. Best Memory of the Day: I got to send the whole day with family at Lake Hamilton for Labor Day. We tubed, swam, and had a fish…
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Have you ever longed to be in the presence of the Lord? The psalmist in Psalm 84 described his deep desire to be in God’s presence and the blessings that came from it. He begins by saying, “How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord Almighty” (v. 1). During that day, the Lord lived in buildings.…
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“I’m hungry!” Those are words we’ve all said and I hear constantly from three growing kids. As my mom used to say, “I think they have a hollow leg” because nothing seems to ever fill them up! Food is a key element in life. It energizes, sustains, and satisfies our hunger. From snacks to three-square…
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Scripture gives us great confidence when we pray. 1 John 5:14 says, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” There are nearly a dozen similar Scriptures that say if we ask anything even in His name He will do it. The…
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When I was a kid, I remember running water in the bathtub in hopes my mom would think I had gotten in it. It never worked as she was too good of an investigator, but that comes with motherhood. She would ask, “Did you take a bath?” I’d lie and say, “I did,” but she…
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Just a little worship this afternoon… “This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”” Zechariah 13:9
stephen R Harrison 