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“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1, NIV There’s a tree called the Chinese Bamboo. During the first four years, they water and fertilize the plant with seemingly little or no results. Then, in…

If you want to test your memory, try remembering what you were worrying about a year ago. Paul said, “He who began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion” (Phil 1 :6, NIV). Notice, we didn’t start this work-He did! He just gave us the privilege of being involved, but He never put us…

”I will…replace for you the years that the locust has eaten.” Joel 2:25, AMP Fifty-two percent of all marriages in America end in divorce. One out of every four people has been molested. Tragically, they will grow up feeling like ”damaged goods.” But there’s good news! Jesus heals wounded emotions. I know, because He did…

“But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.”  Acts 1:8 The best argument for the Spirit-filled life is those who live it. No illustration is more powerful than the life of Peter. Before Pentecost, he denied Jesus in weakness. After Pentecost, he faced the crowd with boldness and proclaimed…

“The thing I seek most of all, is the privilege of … living in His presence every day.” Psalm 27:4, TLB There’s no place like God’s presence. Things happen there that can’t happen anywhere else. Moses found that place, and when he did, the bush burned and he talked face to face with God. Awesome!…

The gap is the place between what is and what can be! Your family may not be walking with God, but you can become the bridge between them and heaven; “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and they house” (Acts 16:31). When you see any area where the hedge of…

“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11 How many times have you heard the phrase, “What a coincidence!” I never cease to be amazed at how a blunder can turn into…

“Through Christ, God has made peace between us and Himself, and God gave us the work of telling everyone about the peace we can have with him … So we have been sent to speak for Christ.” 2 Corinthians 5:18, 20, NCV  When my children were young, I went to their room to say goodnight. As I finished…

”Command those who are rich … not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works.” 1 Timothy 6:17-18, NKJV Everything you have, God gave you, so don’t ”ego-trip” over it!…

“How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day your thought turn toward me. And when I waken in the morning, you are still thinking of me!.” Psalm 139:16-18, TLB Right now God is thinking about you! He did it yesterday…