My Best Friend… All of the lights I chased, now are faded Dylan was right, the times they are changing Tell me why society’s plan should define who I am Surely there’s a higher way ~Best Friend, Josh Baldwin When we think of friends a lot of people rarely, if ever, place Jesus Christ in the first position. Most people will name another human they know. The question is, who knows you better than you know yourself? Who has been with you since before you were born – you know,…
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Joyous Roar…
Joyous Roar… Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy. Psalms 126:5 We are average Americans. All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds. We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain’s…
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The Heart of the Gospel… Do we actually believe when we are born again we become a “new creature” leaving behind who we were? Is there something different about us when we come up out of the water during baptism or did we just get dunked in a pool of water before a group of people? What changed and when did it change? For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ compels…
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First Love… “And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. ~Ezekiel 44:23 NKJB When we are on the edge of greatness all things look different. When the breakthrough is close at hand words change, people hear things differently and we see people in a different light. The people we see in a different light see us differently as well. Our world is about change, those with a heart to feel can feel it.…
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Imagination, Worship and Prayer… Jesus Christ was hung on tree outside the gates of the city, where people went when they didn’t belong, and as His life ended Jesus Christ gave up His reputation for me and for you. Let that sink in. Jesus Christ died, minus any reputation, for me and for you. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking…
READ MOREDeception and Accusation…
Deception and Accusation… What are the only two weapons the devil can use against us? deception and accusation – he can only deceive us and accuse us. “You’re an idiot.” How many times today have you heard this in your mind? That did not come from God. “You’re a terrible ____“. That did not come from God. Deception and accusation – right there in our mind / heart all day long, everyday. We need to break this cycle and replace it with praise and worship for our Lord, Jesus Christ…
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The Others Person’s Fault… It’s always someone else who causes us pain. It’s always someone else that “steps on our toe” when weren’t looking. It’s always someone else that is the problem. This is certainly true at this particular time. With, seemingly, everyone focused on themselves how could they be the cause of their own misery? What could they have done to bring on such pain as to make them consider suicide? Here is the thing. Until we know and understand that our misery was caused by ourselves, well, the…
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God and The Holy Spirit… You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. ~James 4:2-3 NKJB It’s funny how our mind can be triggered and the next thing you know we look up and two hours have escaped us as we spend time with the Father, ABBA. By embracing God and studying His…
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Obedient Be-cause… We are called to be children of God, we are His children because He called us to be. We are not obedient because we are ordered to do something, we are obedient to be-causal for Him. We should be reflecting the Way in His name. Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations [ethnos in the Greek (a race, people)] for His name, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; ~Romans 1:5-6 NKJB We are bondservants of…
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Built Upon Ruin… Where is the beauty of God found? On the other side of brokenness. Where is brokenness found? In each human life. It is in using our heart to see the brokenness of our life that sets us free. Without freedom there is no beauty. that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of…
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