The Lost Among Believers Luke 15:3-32 I had always considered this set of parables as referring to non-believers, those who did not yet know Him. However, I come to believe that is not the case at all. Take a moment and read these 3 stories again. The sheep was among the shepherd’s flock and got…

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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:8-9  For this is what…

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“More than Just Being Happy” “…the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 As the subtitle says, joy is more than a simple emotion or feeling. Let’s begin by digging in to how this word is used in this passage. We will look at it in some other passages as well.  The Hebrew…

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There seems to be so much contention in the world these days over such a little thing as how people greet each other this time of year. Some are quickly and severely offended by “Happy Holidays,” and insist on keeping “Christ” in Christmas thus believing “Merry Christmas” to be the only appropriate greeting.  While I…

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As we enter the new year, I want to challenge each of you to do some things which I can assure some, if not all of you will find rather silly, but please stay with me. I am almost as sure that you will be glad that you did as I am that you will…

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So my dog woke me up as she often rz at least once or twice every night so that she can go outside. In the process of doing so, I felt a specific leading to make note of the time, 3:21 AM. I almost immediately noticed that the syntax of time looked very familiar to…

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There is hope  No guilt No shame In the power of His name. Out of love  That Is why He came.  For our sins the price He paid. By His death our lives He saved. In joy, The life I now live I live by faith. I will never be the same. Not on my…

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I don’t know if you all remember the old chorus from youth group, “Pass it On”. The first few lines of the first verse are “It only takes a spark To get a fire going And soon all those around Can warm up in its glowing” It is my belief that this is how the…

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‘And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. ‘  Romans 8:11 Earlier this week I was driving as I often have to do in…

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Just a reminder, there will not be a Revival Watch in person or FB Live for this week, Saturday, November 9th. However, I do ask that at some point over the weekend that you take just a few minutes to follow and read the two posts that I have linked below. As I have said…

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