“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.” ~ Jeremiah 5:25 kjv SIN is becoming so common place and accepted among Christians that we start to blend in with the rest of the world. They feel that these little sins aren’t that big of a deal if they’re not “murdering” or “stealing” from someone. Doesn’t it seem like we put our own label on what we think of as “bad” SIN…and then shrug our shoulders at other things that don’t seem quite so “bad?” The fact is, SIN is — and always will be — still SIN in God’s eyes. GOD doesn’t…
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Restore Your JOY and Reap So Much More
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. – Psalm 51:12 kjv David’s song and prayer in Psalm 51 is a plea to restore his JOY. It’s obvious that if he’s asking to restore his JOY, then he once had it and sadly lost it. We can lose our JOY when we let sin come between us and God. In an earlier verse, Psalm 51:10, we see that David already addressed this situation when he humbly requests, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.“ To restore the JOY of the Lord in our lives, we first…
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Where is your faith?
“And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.” – Luke 8:25 KJV One day, Jesus got into a ship with his disciples to go to the other side of the lake. (Luke 8:22) I’m sure this was a common practice of traveling during these times when you lived near water, but I do doubt the decision to travel by ship or boat was considered if the skies looked exceptionally stormy. So, I’m assuming it was a rather pleasant day when they launched…
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What’s Better than Owning Rubies?
Ruby is one of our four precious gemstones (the others are emerald, diamond, and sapphire). Ruby’s red color comes from the mineral, corundum, one of the hardest minerals on Earth. (Coming in second place to the diamond.) The most sought-after shade is blood red or crimson (with a hint of blue), referred to as ‘pigeon’s blood’ red. How much is it worth? A ruby, weighing over 10 carats, of high-quality can end up selling for much more than a like-sized diamond. Doesn’t it make you want one now? Ha ha! Fun fact: “Hope Ruby” was the most expensive ruby ever sold, weighing 32.08 carats. Can you guess how much it…
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Is God “My Everything”?
I read a quote this morning that stirred my heart… and sparked a fire in my soul… “If Christ is not ALL to you, He is nothing to you. He will never go into partnership as a part Saviour of men. If He be something, He must be everything, and if He be not everything, He is nothing to you.” – Charles Spurgeon I had to ask myself some questions… “Am I ALL in?” “Have I totally surrendered EVERYTHING to God? “If I had NOTHING left…like Job, would God be enough?” “What THINGS might I be clinging to that is hindering me from letting God be my EVERYTHING, my ALL…
