Breathe In The Word….

Breathe In The Word…. As we go through our days we read things, incredible things, mysterious things and things we’d rather not read. Words on a page, or on a screen, are one thing, but what about the living, breathing Word of God? When we listen do we breathe these Words in? When we read His words are we actually taking in the breath of God? Do these Words breathe life into our heart, mind and soul or are they merely words on a page or on a screen? Interacting…

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Chosen To Be…

Chosen To Be… When do we accept our Lord as Savior? He, Our Father, predestined us before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. [Ephesians 1:4] When the Father breathed life into our lungs and we were born from our mothers womb were we born into corruption, impurity or a life outside of Christ? What happened along the way where sin – separation from God – clouded our heart, mind and soul? What about our vision? 19 Because of spiritual…

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Anger And Our Christ Identity…

Anger And Our Christ Identity… While getting sober and attending AA meetings, several times a week, it was not uncommon to hear about how anger can be “the straw that breaks the camels back” and creates a relapse or worse. The cleaner ones’ life becomes means a falling away of anger usually follows. After a number of years, and tons of work, it has become quiet clear how dangerous the tongue is when a person is angered. If someone has allowed their anger to fester, well, that brings in a…

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Let Us Hear and See…

Let Us Hear and See… Is it enough to attend church, listen to a sermon and know that Jesus Christ is our Father? What does that do for us, our family, our community and our world? What happens when we listen for and to Jesus Christ? The first thing is – does Jesus Christ speak to anyone? What happens when we see Light of Jesus Christ? Where does the Light originate? When Jesus met Simon called Peter and Andrew they were fishermen and, seemingly, knew nothing about this Jesus Christ…

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What Shall We Be…

What Shall We Be… Over the past two weeks there has been an ongoing study of what God, through Jesus Christ, wants us to be. In order to know what He wants us to do to live in the Christ identity, we must first have an understanding of who we are. One can not be fully revealed if there is no identity or if our identity is a false identity. Speaking the truth, at all cost, helps us to reveal that identity. Matthew 12:35-37 tells us that our words, even…

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Learning To Leave Sin Behind…

Learning To Leave Sin Behind… Can we leave sin behind? With sin being defined as a separation from God is it possible to clean up our lives to the point of remaining close to God with every step, every action and every breath? What happens when we become a “new creature” after being baptized in the Holy Spirit? At the moment we arise from the water do we have a new identity? Does a new identity come later or ever? When Jesus first encountered Simon, Jesus changed his name to…

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Deep Dive or Lean-In?

Deep Dive or Lean-In? For the past couple of years this phrase, “lean in” has been applied to so many different scenarios it’s amazing it carries much weight any longer. It’s predecessor “deep dive” fell out of favor. Probably a little to “harsh” or politically incorrect or something to that effect. Who knows. But here we are today with people describing a variety of scenarios that mean we humans are considering our personal involvement. What does our Father want us to know about “leaning in”? It sounds pretty casual, laid…

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When Do We Hear From God?

When Do We Hear From God? How does that work? According to Cecil Rose, we hear from God when we listen. Some will ask, “is it that simple?” Yes, it is that simple. Intuition is the super logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from problem to answer. All human knowledge, thus, begins with intuition, proceeds through concepts and ends with ideas. That’s a prayer life, right there. That’s what it is. ~unknown / 57:20 mark God has provided, we just need to accept.…

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Revival, Awakening and the “New Idea”…

Revival, Awakening and the “New Idea”… The past two weeks it has been almost impossible to escape the concept or idea of a great awakening. What is happening around the world with the Christian movement? God, who delivered His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ as the Truth, the Way and the Life, is stirring something that has happened in, maybe, a hundred years or more. The past year or more there have been three of us to meet on Friday mornings to pray, dive into the Word and grow closer…

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When Opposites Attract…

When Opposites Attract… Having witnessed the savagery of domestic violence it became clear at a very early age how women should not treated. Women, and men for that matter, deserve respect, kindness, love and a whole host of other offerings too numerous to list. Unfortunately, we live in a broken world, so, this is not always the case. After more close to two months of virtual isolation the reports of domestic violence are on the rise. Suicide, last year was waining but this year it is climbing higher than ever…

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