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The Finger of God (4)

'...Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger...' John 8:6 NKJVThe finger of God in cleansing. One day the Pharisees brought a woman to Christ. She'd been 'caught in the act' of adultery and they expected Him to condemn her. But instead, 'Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His [...]

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Gossip – Don’t Indulge in It

'Keep your tongue from evil...' Psalm 34:13 NIVDid you hear about the three women who decided to confess their weaknesses to each other? The first confessed to drinking too much. The second confessed to being jealous of a friend's good looks. The third said nothing, so the other two pressed her and asked, 'Ok, what's [...]

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What Is Your Conscience Telling You?

'...We have a good conscience, in all things...' Hebrews 13:18 NKJVFire alarms have an internal switch, triggered by a beam of light. As long as the light is received unbroken by the photosensitive receiver, the detector is quiet. But if smoke, moisture, or an insect obstructs the beam for even a split second, the alarm [...]

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Don’t Embarrass Jesus

'The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.' John 18:19 NKJVIf Jesus 'can be touched with the feelings of our infirmities,' (Hebrews 4:15 KJV) can He be embarrassed by our actions? How embarrassing when Mary and Joseph interrupted Him as a 12-year-old boy, sitting in the temple confounding its best scholars. [...]

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Put Your Heart into It! (2)

'Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.' Psalm 150:6 NKJVSolomon says there's '...a time to keep silence and a time to speak.' (Ecclesiastes 3:7 NKJV) Now, you shouldn't interrupt the church service and draw attention to yourself, but when it's time to praise God you should give it 100 percent: 'I will praise You, [...]

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Put Your Heart into It! (1)

'I will bless the Lord at all times.' Psalm 34:1 NKJVIf you shout your lungs out at a ball game on Saturday, but sit silent and subdued when it's time to worship God on Sunday, maybe you're more excited about sports than spiritual matters. Ouch! A great definition of worship is 'worth-ship'. What worth do [...]

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Hooked on Urgency

'There is a time for everything.' Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIVUrgency is stressful. It's also addictive and, if you find yourself habitually reacting to outside demands, you may be 'hooked'. Like any addiction, urgency temporarily meets your need to feel needed. It creates a sense of 'getting things done', falsely enhances your self-esteem, yet tends to make [...]

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Principles for Living

'...do it all in the name of the Lord...' Colossians 3:17 NIVObserve: (1) You can have more, as long as you don't want it all for yourself. In a generation whose motto is 'Look out for number one,' we need to be reminded that 'Christ did not please himself.' (Romans 15:3 NIV) He didn't live [...]

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‘Jack’

'Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him...' Luke 24:31 NKJVHe was a militant non-believer, who summed up his worldview with a verse from Lucretius: 'Had God designed the world, it would not be a world so frail and faulty as we see.' So Jack turned his attention to academia, excelling in each field [...]

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