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Foundations of America – Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Call for July 4th Religious Services 1876
Proclamation 229 – Recommending Religious Services on July 4, 1876 June 26, 1876 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The centennial anniversary of the day on which the people of the United … Continue reading
Isaiah 48:17-19 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. 18 Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace … Continue reading
Because of Him
Matthew 18:21-34 The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, encouragement, faith, Jesus, my story, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross
Tagged addictions, atonement, forgiveness, God, jesus, recovery, resentments, salvation, sin, The Cross
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Shine Brightly for Christ
Philippians 2:12-18 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, conviction, drugs, encouragement, faith, God's story, love
Tagged Christianity, dross, fear, God's will, hope, love
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The Price of Disobedience
Leviticus 26:3-6 “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Celebrate Recovery, conviction, encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, Recovery, trials
Tagged Christianity, conviction, despair, footholds, God, grace, indwelling of the holy spirit, jesus, mercy, obedience, The Law
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Sanctification Simplified
2 Peter 1:3-8 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, conviction, encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, love, Recovery
Tagged Christianity, love, sanctification
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False Prophets
Jeremiah 23:16-17 16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, conviction, drugs, encouragement, faith, God's story, love, pornagraphy, Recovery, sex
Tagged complacency, evil, false prophets, Jeremiah, New Covenant
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Evil
1 John 5:19 (NIV) We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. I awoke this morning to the screams of my own voice. The nightmare was vivid, I … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, conviction, faith, God's story, love, Recovery
Tagged evil, family dysfunction, love, Satan
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Good Soil
Matthew 13:23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. Well, I got mostly … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, love
Tagged Ed's Story, flannel films, good soil, Matthew 13, purpose
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No One Knows That Day or Hour
Mark 13:32-37 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a … Continue reading