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GoodNews
Who wants to hear some GOOD News? Isaiah 61 declares specific messages of the Good News: 1. Good news to the meek. People who acknowledge that they want and need to hear something good that pertains to them. 2. Bind up the brokenhearted. Heal the hurting. 3. Proclaim liberty to the captives. Pronouncing freedom to those…
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Give it Away
I love my Aloe Vera plant, I call her Vera. I like that she’s not needy or high maintenance and can do without much care. I sometimes forget to water her for a couple weeks, but she can take the neglect. When I do take care of her, she can outgrow her pot within a…
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Congratulations, You’re the Worst!
The above video is an advertisement for a Ford Motor Company vehicle that can parallel park itself. The ad was filmed in Paris where parking is a premium and drivers do anything for a parking space. This commercial reminds me of God’s great love, he gives his very best to the very worst. He showers…
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Fruit of the Spirit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22 The fruit of the Spirit are described as different aspects of a persons’ character to exemplify the character of Jesus Christ, to be as He is in the earth (1John 1:17).…
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The Unemployment Office
I don’t know about you, but everyone I know refers to the Employment Office as the Unemployment Office. Sometimes it’s just referred to as Unemployment, as in, “did you go down to Unemployment yet”? My cousin’s wife worked there and pointed this out to me once. I had never paid attention to this confusion, but…
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Let the Day Begin
When does your day start? I had different jobs that started at various times, 8 o’clock in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, 6 o’clock at night and even the graveyard shift. On the night shift, my days were flipped from most everyone else’s. When my day began, most were ending their day, not a…
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Taste and See
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the one that trusteth in him. Psalms 34:8 KJV The writer of this Psalm tells us to taste something so that our eyes will see. This is a spiritual truth that needs to be perceived with spiritual eyes. When you taste something of God,…
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I Preach Good News
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time…
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Get Ready for the Apocalypse
When you hear the phrase, “Get Ready for the Apocalypse”, you may imagine any number of end of days scenarios and ways to prepare or protect yourself and loved ones. The truth is, the word apocalypse has taken on a different meaning than John the Revelator ever imagined. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God…
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Abide
She who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide in the shade of the Almighty. I will say to Jehovah: My Refuge and my Fortress, my God; I will trust in You. For You deliver me from the fowler’s snare, from destruction’s plague. With Your feathers You will cover me, and…