Category: deliverance
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Blessing and Boasting
I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.– Psalm 34:1 (NASB) There’s plenty of room for boasting when it comes to the Lord. We call it praise. It involves worship, blessing the Lord with the “fruit of your lips.” Beyond what we say, it involves our very…
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Testify by Your Living
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.- John 12:11 (KJV) Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus. He emerged from the grave and lived on. His living was not in vain by any means. Surely, Lazarus lived on as a testimony of the very power…
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When God Calls You to Stand
But Daniel sresolved that he would not tdefile himself with kthe king’s food, or with lthe wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to tdefile himself.- Daniel 1:8 (NLT) What we learn from the many biblical examples provided to us is that God can distinguish us…
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A Memorial for You
“. . . And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.” Joshua 4:7 NKJV The children of Israel needed these stones. They didn’t need them erected as an idol. They needed these stones to serve as a reminder, a memorial of what God had done on their behalf. These…
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Encouraged in the Lord
… but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.- 1 Samuel 30:6 (KJV) Leadership is lonely business. David knew that firsthand. He had personal knowledge of what toll leadership could take on a man. There was an issue at hand, and the situation caused a stir among the camp, leaving David as the King…
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It Happens to the Best of Us
It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. – Ps. 119:71 (NASB) Trouble comes your way. You may not have done anything in particular. Trouble found its way to you and now you have to deal with it. That’s part of how things go down in life. You…
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Grace Overcomes Guilt
…But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, Romans 5:20 NIV Grace overcomes guilt. We are truly guilty of being sinful. As the seed of Adam, we are truly “as guilty as sin.” We are to confess our sin before the Lord and among one another. That is true, too. Yet, we tend to get…
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Praise God for What He Did Not Allow
Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!- Psalm 66:20 (NIV) It is easy to see that we need to praise God for what He has done in our lives. That’s pretty much a given. We pay homage to God with honor and glory and…
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A Living Testimony
…and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.- John 12:9, NKJV Lazarus has been preached and taught from many perspectives. He’s the figurative image of many of our situations, being called out from among the dead to the land of the…
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Delivered from Despair
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire… Ps. 40:2 (NIV) Deliverance is divine. The Bible speaks of God in heaven doing as He chooses. He does as he chooses and delivers in the same manner. He can deliver us immediately or after a while. What we may have…
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