Tag: restoration

• The Blood Still Has Power

  Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” – Exodus 24:8 (NIV) This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. – […]

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  June 11, 2012

• Simple Strategies for Getting Back on Track with God’s Plan

  How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear; It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. –John Newton We are supposed to stay with Jesus.  Truthfully, we are supposed to stick with Jesus.  In fact, we are supposed to abide in Christ as He abides in us. Does […]

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  February 9, 2012

• Prophetic Pleas

  2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!    For the LORD has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up,    but they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows its master,    the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know,    my people do not understand.” – Isaiah 1:1-3 (NIV)   The prophet is a […]

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  January 27, 2012

• Voices of Victory

  In 1967, our vision was to reach Los Angeles. This vision broadened to include California, then all of America, then the entire world.  – from The History of Victory Outreach International As Christians, we are to be in a position of ambassadors of Christ to others.  We can be a bridge between people and the […]

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  January 8, 2012

• 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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  January 7, 2012

• A Ministry of Reconciliation

  “The perfect church is not on earth.” – A.W. Tozer What keeps some people from coming back to church? I would dare say that it cannot simply be the church’s mission statement.  The church has a God-given mission that includes restoring people as well as reaching and receiving people.  The church makes a whole lot of […]

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  October 2, 2011

• Contending with Our Contempt

  3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. Truly, this psalm hits home for a lot of us.  Let’s keep it real.  We can do […]

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  July 21, 2011

• A View from Above

   Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity,  A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.- Isaiah 1:4 (NKJV) God shared a vision from above.  God revealed His vision of Israel with His prophet.  He showed Isaiah exactly what He […]

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  July 11, 2011

• From Eden to Egypt- Day 50

  And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families. – […]

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  April 8, 2011

• From Eden to Egypt- Day 47

  >Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. – Genesis 42:6 (NIV) Did you remember that Joseph had a dream? Yeah.  I am talking about the dream that he shared […]

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  April 2, 2011