Going deeper with Jesus
This boy is real. His mom abandoned him when he was very young.Then his dad abandoned him when he started acting out in negative ways. Years of neglect and dismissal. Now, he has nothing to give. He does not care if he gets in trouble. He does not care about anyone, especially himself. Lord Jesus, […]
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And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Numbers 12:1 Since God made all of us, there is none that are considered better than another. In fact, on the contrary, we are to consider others better than ourselves. Let nothing be done through
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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6:35 Jesus was kind to the unthankful and the evil. We know about loving our enemies.
The unsaved are your neighbors, your friends, your relatives, your service people, your bosses. They need someone to tell them about Jesus. In the USA it is easy to dismiss telling people about Jesus because you think of how many opportunities people have to hear the gospel. They can go to a church and might
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I was about to write something on social media. I was right. It was true. But then, I saw a big bonfire. It had all sorts of things in it, fueling it. Lots of wood, hay and stubble, which in the bible, represents the flesh. It was massive. No need to add more, it was
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Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18 We can bind evil. That can be a form of spiritual warfare if the things people are doing are evil. The binding can also be
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Luke 6:28 Lessons the Lord is teaching me. I know the one about loving my enemies, that is forgiving them and letting Jesus love through me. I still find myself cursing my enemies. That is in between the times that I’m letting
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If you feel like you are being blocked from serving the Lord, go the other direction. God opens doors that no man can shut and shuts doors no man can open. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon His shoulder; so He shall open, and none shall shut; and He
We all have a few things to say. It can be helpful to let off steam about uncomfortable things that happen or we might not be able to contain ourselves in the situation, and it may come out in ways we don’t want it to. That does not give us a pass to blast it
Bitterness is infectious. You can’t tame it. It doesn’t go away on its own. It lingers and grows and defiles all that it touches. If you allow bitterness to grow in your heart for whatever reason, it will infect and destroy and do things you wished it wouldn’t. Justification? Hurt? Anger? No matter what the
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