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Ten Things To Pray For In The Year 2014: # 2 Discernment
There are many gone out into the world to deceive…and they would deceive the very elect if they could…and some do. I have seen so many things within the walls of what many people call “church,” and some of it … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Life, Pentecostalism
Tagged Christianity, Discernment, good and evil, Holy Spirit, Life, ministers, prayer
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When you can’t love yourself
When you can’t love yourself and can’t seem to grasp not the world at large but the window before you- find a safe little place for some supernatural space and wait for the appearance of God.
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Dreams/Goals, Life, Men, Morality, Pentecostalism, Poetry, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
Tagged Christianity, God, love, Morality, peace, poetry, prayer, writing
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Return to me, and I will return to you
Return to me, and I will return to you. That is the message in the first part of Malachi 3. Way before the Lord speaks about the tithe in the latter part of Malachai 3, the Word speaks of Christ … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Language, Life, Morality, Pentecostalism, Relationships, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged accusations, bondage, Christ, fasting, God, homelessness, hungry, Life, Morality, oppression, right and wrong, righteousness, The Bible, the meaning of life, the Old Testament, tithing, wickedness
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Justice and mercy
I struggle with diabetes. Many years ago, I worked in a high stress, high performance, high profile career that contributed to a food and health lifestyle that lead to the development of that diabetes. It didn’t help that I made … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Culture, Dreams/Goals, Food, Health, Life, Men, Morality, Pentecostalism, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged diabetes, faith, food, health, humility, job search, jobs, justice, kindness, Life, lifestyles, meaning of life, mercy, nutrition, purpose, stress
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the road to the top of nowhere?
i have a headache the size of a mountain this evening…and it does not come from scaling heights to glimpse a fantastic view, like this one above Lost River, deep in Nowhere, West Virginia. No, it is a problematic headache, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, catholicism, Christianity, Doctor Who, Dreams/Goals, Hiking, Life, Pentecostalism, Photography, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Doctor Who, dreams, faith, Forests, goals, Life, Lost River, Mountains, photography, problems, relationships, Sontarans, travel, trust, West Virginia
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In the blank space on the bookshelf
To everything…there is a season…Ecclesiastes claims, the Birds (not the angry ones) sang, and ’tis true. The trees, the leaves, the plants of the field, all change with time. And, so too, the ages of a man or a woman. … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Dreams/Goals, Life, Men, Morality, Pentecostalism, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged ages, bookcases, books, bookshelves, change, chapters, dreams, Ecclesiastes, goals, libraries, library, Life, purgatory, seasons, The Birds, times
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A detour on the way to destiny
I’ve heard enough preachers in my day to do a full two hour stand-up routine with about every variety and denomination featured. I’ve heard some great phrases, one liners, and simple truths in those sermons too. I’ve boogied for Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dreams/Goals, Life, Men, Morality, Pentecostalism, Relationships, Teaching, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged culture, destiny, enemies, faith, God, hope, intelligence, Life, love, meaning of life, men, Morality, Pentecostal, prayer, preaching, relationships, victory, women
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The Impossible
Is it only when we are totally helpless that God brings us victory? And what about the hardships the prophets and early Christians went through? It wasn’t pleasant for them…and it certainly is not pleasant for me right now. So … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dreams/Goals, Life, Men, Morality, Pentecostalism, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Bible, faith, God, hardships, hope, justice, Life, mockery, persecution, the accuser, the impossible, trials
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What the Word says
Count it all joy, my brethryn, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. (James 1) “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Life, Pentecostalism, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, false charges, persecution, trails, unfair practices
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