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The Holy Spirit is not Conscientious
Don’t confuse your Christian minded convictions to always be the perfect will of God; your gut feeling is not the Holy Spirit. “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,…
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When God Says Hush
Surrendering the tongue to the good intent and careful nature of the Holy Spirit not only safe guards those around you but also brings a new intimacy with God. In the process of zipping our lips, our heart slowly begins to look more like God’s. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,…
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I Didn’t Ask For This
“Sometimes it’s the smallest things that bring back the biggest memories.” “The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and saves those that have a contrite spirit.” – Psalm 34:18 “Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.” – Proverbs 14:13 Heartache,…
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He Said Nothing
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” -Job 13:15 “Be still and know that I am God.“ – Psalm 46:10 Have you ever been through something you never thought you could get through? Maybe you are going through a time like that now? Now i’m not referring to the anger you feel…
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Head over Heels
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew 6:21 “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.“ -Revelation 2:4 What a thing it is to fall in love.. but why is it that they call it “falling” in love? I personally believe it’s…
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Jesus is the Balance
We find ourselves endlessly searching for the balance, forgetting that stability is only found in Him. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” -Mattheww 6:33 I’m one of the least coordinated humans on the face of this earth we’re living on. To prove…
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The Situation of Sin
[1/2 series] Sin is born a time after its conception. To win over sin, we have to stop waiting to kill off sin in it’s fully developed state and start nipping it in the bud of its creation. “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil…
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The You of Today; The You of Tomorrow
Impatience and feelings of inadequacy are a terrible mixture for success. “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” –Matthew 6:34 Let’s be real, waiting is super hard. Waiting on anything; It’s hard to endure the moments of…
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Jesus & Jealousy
Jealousy is ugly and when we welcome it into our heart’s home, that’s exactly what we become. “But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is…
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Not this Lord
Obedience looks like buying a house that only God has the keys to. “Trust in the lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5 My class of twenty-three 4-5 year olds bicker like crazy. Before kids you would never think someone could actually cry for twenty minutes over spilled…
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Medication for a Lustful Spirit
To choose to love lust is to choose not to love. “The greatest of these is love.” -1 Corinthians Lust is a counterfeit. Lust is an actor. Lust is a liar, and lust is a thief; an imposter. Lust is loved by many. We live in a time where lust is not just prevalent but…