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SOAP: Day Eleven – Free Indeed

I don’t think I’m alone in saying that once the newness of relationship with Christ wears down (and ideally that should never happen!) then the old emotional baggage of traumas, negative thinking patterns, fears, and resentments seem to bubble back up from someplace long dead and buried.  Continue reading

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SOAP: DAY 9 – To See The Kingdom Of God

As mentioned before, there are so many deep theologically significant relevancies to our daily life found within God’s Word that 50 people could look at the same passages and come up with 50 different viewpoints on relevancy. For today, these are mine.

Did you become aware of something different?  Continue reading

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SOAP: Day Seven – Do Whatever He Tells You

One thing is for sure, when I’m engaged with the Bible on a consistent basis, what’s important to God becomes more clear to me.  Continue reading

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Why Does It Feel Like Jesus Isn’t Enough?

Luke 10:29-35  But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 In reply, Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of … Continue reading

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How Do You Run From God?

OUCH!!!! Way to unravel nearly my entire existence, thank you for that Lord! (yes, God understands and accepts my sarcasm) Continue reading

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Self-Preservation Often Isnt…

Taking the path of least resistance is the quickest way to pop up on The Enemy’s radar. Satan loves to pile on when he see’s us letting fear, laziness or selfishness choose our path.  Continue reading

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Fear of God

Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes” Brothers and Sisters we have NO excuses for not gaining wisdom on a biblical scale. What once would take a pastor or biblical scholars days, weeks or even months … Continue reading

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The Cost of Being a Disciple

It’s easy to call ourselves Christian but what does being a disciple look like? Continue reading

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Attitude Check: Control

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. It was a dream just before I … Continue reading

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Attitude Check: Blessing or Burden

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? What am I feeling? That is the first conscious thought each morning. Mind you this is not in an effort to gauge … Continue reading

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