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Pride
“The pride of your heart has deceived you…” Obadiah 1:3 As the passage points out, pride is deceptive. Often you don’t even realize that you have it. Others must point it out to you! Pride ultimately is what doomed Satan and his angels. They thought they were as good as or even better than God. […]
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All of It
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on.” Mark 14:41-44 Back in my Air Force days, somebody challenged me directly […]
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Love Love Love
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 We all know it as the Love Chapter. We’ve heard countless sermons on love and this was the main chapter. The entire chapter is worthy of a […]
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Itty Bitty Seeds
“…some [seed] fell on rocky soil…some fell among thorns…other seed fell on good soil.” Mark 4:3-20 Seeds. You never really know where they’ll fall. You hope for the good soil, sometimes see the thorns and rocks, but where it falls depends on many many things. Jesus makes it clear that the seed is the Word […]
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Military Strength
No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength…But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him… Psalm 33:16,18 We in the United States love to boast of our military strength. We can do things militarily that the Biblical authors couldn’t even have imagined […]