July, 2015

• 9 July

  How Can Christians Share the Truth with Difficult People?

  

  How can a Christian get through to an overprotective, stubborn, I don’t need God type of a person? One issue near to my heart is encouraging others to seek the truth. I don’t intend to encourage people to seek “a” truth, but instead The Living Truth. So often though, people have created ...

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• 9 July

  Persecution: Bringing Beauty to the Bride

  

  American tolerance for Christians is very thin.  Not all of the criticism of Christianity is unwarranted.   Just or unjust, persecution is guaranteed—and will bring blessing to the Church.  It is a tool of transformation which will bring the unity Christ prayed for in John 17:1, “I pray that they will all be ...

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• 9 July

  Do You Have a Right to Your Property?

  

  The Constitution protects us against the government seizing our property … right? Yes and no. We are indeed protected from such actions. History has proven, however, that the government may “take control of both commercial and private interests” if it is “deemed necessary.” It is the responsibility of the president ...

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• 9 July

  Dear Beloved of God: You’ve Got Mail

  

  Dear Beloved of God … If God wrote you a letter, what would you want it to say? Perhaps you would want Him to tell you things concerning your future: what you will do, if you will be successful—will your dreams come true? Maybe you would want Him to comfort ...

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• 8 July

  The Power to Pray Gutsy Prayers

  

  I don’t pray very gutsy prayers. Don’t get me wrong, I have no doubt about God’s ability to do exceedingly, abundantly beyond all that I can ask or imagine. My trouble is, I know His ways are higher than my ways, and His thoughts are not my thoughts. What if ...

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• 8 July

  Our Hope: Righteous Anger

  

  “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.”  John 2:13-14 (NKJV) The temple in Jerusalem was a holy place.  It was for prayer, ...

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• 8 July

  God Will Supply All Our Needs

  

  Do you ever feel lacking?  Or overwhelmed by a heavy burden?  Has God taken you to a place where you cannot see how you can move forward with the resources you have? “My God will supply all of your needs according to His riches … “ (Philippians 4:19). “Now to ...

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• 8 July

  Making the Best of a Bad Situation

  

  When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, right? My shepherd mix, Mitch, exemplified that philosophy quite well this past weekend. In our household, Saturdays are hiking days. Mitch, ever full of energy, loves to hike, so he looks forward to the weekends with great anticipation. Two weekends ago, however, my ...

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• 8 July

  Heavenly Tears Over Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage

  

  Where I live, every day since the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, it has rained. The evening of the ruling, I was awakened to a violent thunderstorm. I felt the Lord spoke to my spirit, “These are the tears from heaven.” Every afternoon, for several days now, the ...

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• 8 July

  Think on Good News: Sheikh Asks for A Bible

  

  There’s not much good news out there. When my husband was deployed, we wives had a saying, “No news is good news,” meaning that if we heard nothing from or about our husbands, it was a good thing. Today, it’s tempting to bury my head in the day-to-day, flip the ...

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