He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me. Psalm 50:23 What do you do when your life seems to be going south?  What do you do when it’s “Thanksgiving” and you have just lost a loved one or your job or your health?  Surely you can’t be expected to give thanks, can you? Sometimes…
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“Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the LORD, ‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar, And your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, And no one shall make him afraid.  For I am with you,’ says the LORD,…
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But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”   Matthew 14:26-27 The great American preacher H.A. Ironside was one day down on his…
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When he arose, he took the young child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt. Matthew 2:14 Herod was about to issue an order to kill all male children in Bethlehem two years of age and younger, because he felt threatened that Jesus would somehow supplant his own reign (Matthew 2:3). Joseph was…
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All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3 Nothing makes sense when Jesus is not part of the equation because through Him everything was made.  With Him we have life and joy, without Him there will always be something missing. You can make a million dollars, have…
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Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches — feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or lest I be poor and steal, and profane the name of my God. Proverbs 30:8-9 This is a great…
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Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. So he arose and went… Acts 8:26-27a So much of what God has for us is missed because too many times we question God’s calling instead…
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…the Lord is at hand. Philippians 4:5(b) Do you know that the Lord is available to you at this very moment? There’s no need to talk to a recording or wait on hold before before getting connected to Him. The Lord is instantly available for counsel, comfort, or whatever your need may be. Even though…
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I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. Ephesians 4:1 It is really easy to fake this walk that is worthy of the calling of God. When Paul says “beseech,” he is urging his readers to walk worthy. But he isn’t telling them…
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“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.”   John 15:11 You don’t ever go into an apple orchard and hear a bunch of grunting trees trying to make apples.  The apples come from within when the tree in healthy and nourished.  In the same…
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