How many times have we gone to the back of our bibles and stared at the maps trying to imagine the bible stories playing out on them? I love to use them to get an idea of just how far it was when a story speaks of someone going from
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The Staircase Before You
We all find moments of mental rumination imagining our lives in the likeness of admirable examples we notice in other men. We notice something special about their character, their communication style, their confidence, or some other facet of the way they carry and conduct themselves. Likewise, we may dream of a
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Stand Firm – No Compromise – Set Apart
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you
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Speaking Beyond the Person to the Source
Do you have someone that you’re often around who has the uncanny ability to push your buttons? You know the buttons I’m referring to, the ones that create emotional responses in you that instantly steal the peace and calm you’re currently enjoying. This person seems to possess the uncanny skill
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Rejoice in the Lord Always
Philippians 4:4 (NASB 2020) – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! I wonder how many times we’ve remembered that famous Bible verse, probably said it out loud as encouragement to another, not fully grasping the “backstory” of its origin. Paul is bound in a Roman prison
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Pick Up Your Mat
Jesus and his disciples were entering Jerusalem and had just reached the pool of Bethesda, a commonplace where afflicted and ill gather and lay under the five covered porches. There, with an expectation that when the pool bubbles, the first to enter the pool could receive their healing. BTW, someone,
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One Day You Wake Up and Suddenly Realize!
One day you wake up and suddenly realize! You’re tired of recognized daily habits and days being a repeat of nonproductive routines that aren’t growing you toward the man you most want to be. You’re tired of not feeling your drive, your passion, your purpose, and they’re certainly not consuming
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Now Hiring – Broken Men
To explain the title… The inspiration for this writing comes from Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) Matthew 9:36–38 (NASB 2020) – 36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is
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Meaning Beyond the Miracle
Matthew 14:22–33 (NASB 2020)Jesus Walks on the Water22 Immediately afterward He compelled the disciples to get into the boat and to go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. 23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself
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I Will Give You the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven
I was spending time in prayer and reflection early this morning before the family was awake and the house was quiet, I heard the words of a scripture run through my mind “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven”. Although I’ve read those words in the