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God is Refining You

You ever wonder where God is, in your time of need? Have you come to the point where you’ve literally cried out, “God, do you see what I’m going through down here? Where are you?” Maybe you’ve prayed and prayed and fasted and prayed, waiting on God to work a ...

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Is God Really For Me?

Last week I was casually asked what I was doing for the weekend. I told the man who asked that I was really excited about an upcoming event at church. I was really surprised by the way this man’s face was surprised and quickly responded with, “Well that’s good for ...

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Let’s Have A Moment of Silence

One thing our culture needs is times of silence. I don’t mean the times when people pay their respects to the deceased. There are moments when we need to be free from the busyness and noise of life, to not allow distractions and mental clutter. God wants just plain silence ...

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How to Detect the Presence of Demons

Being able to detect the presence of demons is a key part of setting people free from their influence. And since demons like to remain in the darkness, influencing a person without being recognized, it is not always obvious when they are at work. How can we discern when these ...

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Eye Exercises

The natural world offers amazing glimpses of the Creator.  When God spoke the world into being, a part of His very self was represented in everything.  Eyes exercised to see Him bring amazing blessings, even life itself!  God is always present, omnipresent; we need to learn to see Him.  When ...

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Don’t Fret, God’s Got It Covered!

Watching those who prosper while doing evil can make you pretty angry! When will their day come? When will justice be served upon them? For those of us who serve God, it can be very angering to wait while we experience emotional pain at the hands of those who do ...

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Our Hope: He Is Our Provision

‘Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.’ Proverbs 11:28 (NIV) Something I have learned over the years is that I cannot trust in my own riches.  Not that I am, or ever have been, rich, but I have enjoyed very good ...

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He’s All Powerful, Yet So Patient

What if God would just give us a shock every time we got out of line, wouldn’t that change us?  He has the power to do it.  He is all-powerful, the Master and Creator of the Universe.  He could.  How about every time we told a lie, our nose really would grow? However, if ...

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Sex and the Christian Teen

To take the attitude that Christian teens in a dating relationship are not in a morally dangerous situation is to turn a blind eye to human nature and to do a disservice to those we are expected to teach and guide. Wrong Assumptions Attending church, reading the Bible, knowing the ...

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