“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength – carrying two days at once. It is moving in tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” The above quote was from Corrie ten Boom and is a great reminder that the Scripture tells us that […]
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Whenever Jesus prefaced a statement by saying, “Truly, truly (Amen, amen),” or in the KJV, “Verily, verily,” it was His way of being passionately emphatic about something. I don’t mean emphatic in the “preachy” kind of way, but I mean emphatic in the “deeply loving us” kind of way. It was His way of expressing,
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What is revival? Many people can describe what revival looks like, even though that description may look different depending on where they’re coming from historically. For years, revival was defined or described as people coming into a place of repentance and full surrender to the will of God and authentic internal victory over the power
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Jesus came that we might have “life and life more abundant.” That abundant life is His life and our participation in it. Jesus is our “open heaven.” He is our relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Through His finished work, Jesus did not provide a place for us to have a relationship with
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John 2:13-17 NASB95 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14] And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. [15] And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the
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Psalm 73:25-26 NASB [25] Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. [26] My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. One of the heroes of the faith for me was a man named Hudson Taylor. He
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John 1:51; 2:3-5 NASB95 John 1:51 NASB95 And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” [4] And
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The presence of Jesus changes the nature of every situation. Because Jesus had been invited to the wedding at Cana, He was there to make a difference when the host bridegroom ran out of wine. What would’ve happened if Jesus had not been there? Absolutely nothing other than the problem would have dictated the narrative
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The presence of Jesus changes the nature of every situation. Because Jesus had been invited to the wedding at Cana, He was there to make a difference when the host bridegroom ran out of wine. What would’ve happened if Jesus had not been there? Absolutely nothing other than the problem would have dictated the narrative
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John 2:1-5 NASB95On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; [2] and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. [3] When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” [4] And Jesus said to
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