Tag: psalm
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Seasoned with Grace
What would others say your words seem to be seasoned with? Think about before you try to answer. Don’t just try to squeeze yourself into the textbook Sunday school answer. Think about what others would say about your words. How do you come off to other folks? Is it like your words are seasoned with […]
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Help from on High
God offers us some serious heavenly help. It is a statement that could stand all by itself and on its own. Yet, it is also a statement supported by all sorts of verses from the Scriptures. The Book of Psalms gives us an array of God’s attributes such Him being “good and upright” (Psalm 25:8). […]
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Try Giving God a Chance
“I pray, expecting an answer.” – Andrew Murray The LORD has heard my supplication, The LORD receives my prayer. – Psalm 6:9 “Pray and let God worry.” – Martin Luther You have some issues. I mean, after all, your issues may require some serious attention. To be honest, they may require more than you […]
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God is Real
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. – Psalm 53:1 (NIV) The believer should know that God is alive and present. True believers understand that God is, as an anonymous psalmist stated, ” a great God and […]
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The Power to Provide
6 “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity[a] and will rebuild them as they were before. 8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against […]
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Keep Count in 2012
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? – Luke 14:28 (KJV) In 2012, you had better keep count of some things. You should keep count and keep track throughout the year. Look back at how God answered prayers and provided […]
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A Prayer Plan for the New Year
“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” – Psalm 55:17 (KJV) With the new year approaching, it seems quite appropriate to share a simple prayer plan. A prayer plan? Yep. A prayer plan for the new year could assist you in staying on track […]
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A Tasteful Blessing
O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!- Psalm 34:8 The psalm shares how taking refuge in the Lord can cause one to be blessed. In fact, it starts this particular verse with an intriguing invitation to “taste and see that the Lord is […]
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Keep the Faith and Keep Going
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. – Philippians 3:12 (NKJV) I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:14 […]
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Personalize Prayer Time
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.- Luke 5:16 (NIV) Some days, like many days, you just have to get away. Bobby Brown had a comeback hit back in the day called “Get Away” that said the same thing. This isn’t about that song or its message. This is about the example […]
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