July, 2023

• 21 July

  God’s Overcoming Plan For Us

  

  Charging forth with all our might,we won’t give up but continue to fight!For, you see, there is a battle going on,placed in our paths to make us strong.Sometimes we tend to forget its purpose,yielding more towards frustrations that hurt us.God has prepared us for each spiritual war,knowing full well there ...

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• 20 July

  Afflictions From A Faithful God

  

  Psalm 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. We had prayed for healing. My wife of 53 years was in the early morning of her fifth day in the hospital. Since she had previously survived other severe events in ...

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• 19 July

  A Mind For Missions

  

  I recently got back from serving with a group of volunteers from the KNCSB disaster relief team. The KNCSB is the Kansas Nebraska convention of Southern Baptists, and I’m a part of their disaster relief team. When a disaster strikes any part of the untied states we have teams all ...

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• 18 July

  Retired Not Expired – Here I am LORD, Use Me

  

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: So, retirement and now what? According to Ecclesiastes there is a season, time and purpose for all things under heaven, while here on earth.  But sometimes, do you think, now what? ...

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• 18 July

  Old Friends

  

  1 Thessalonians 5:11 Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. ‘Come visit so we can walk and talk’ her familiar voice invited. One spring afternoon the drive took me out along windy country roads to her beautiful mountainous, green-grassed property. My old ...

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• 17 July

  How You Can Help Build God’s Church

  

  In my previous article, “Building God’s Church,” I ended by asking the question, “In what ways can God use you to help build God’s Church with your gifts and abilities?” I am not talking about the church as a building, but building up the family of believers. You probably have ...

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• 14 July

  The Master’s Key

  

  Locked up inside of us,there is a lack of trust. Trusting Jesus with all our woes,is much better than giving in to our foes The enemy is fighting each day,hoping the walls of our heart will decay. Enough to open the door,exposing our hearts and so much more. There’s a ...

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• 14 July

  Jesus, The Great Caregiver

  

  Recently, someone remarked that after a major operation, people may require a caregiver. That thought triggered the idea for this article. Jesus cares about one’s emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. He is The Great caregiver! First Peter 5:7 says to “cast all your care upon him, for he cares for ...

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• 13 July

  Whose Traditions Do You Follow?

  

  1 John 5:2–By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.   Traditions? There’s a lot to be said for some traditions, like weddings ...

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• 12 July

  An Abundant Prayer Life

  

  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I’ve been listening to some podcasts and interviews recently and it got me to read the above passage and it really convicted me that I ...

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