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Achieving the Victory 11/30/2009
Achieving the Victory "For this our light and transitory burden of suffering
is achieving for us a weight of glory" (2 Cor. 4:17).
(Weymouth) "Is achieving for us, " mark. The question
is repeatedly asked--Why is the life of man drenched with
so much blood, and blistered with so many tears? The answer
is to be found in the word "achieving"; these
things are achieving for us something precious. ...
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HOPE 11/29/2009
The Name Hope is the great stabilizer. It steadies us in times of
fear and difficulty, not because we know that everything
will turn out as we want, but because we know that God is trustworthy.
Hope is what helps us stay on course regardless of circumstances.
Biblical hope finds its roots in God and in his goodness,
mercy, and power. We exercise our hope when we endure patiently.
We nurture our ...
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THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 11/25/2009
THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Ephesians 6:14 Having put on the breastplate of righteousness . . .
The second piece of armor God has provided for us is the breastplate
of righteousness . When you put on Christ at salvation,
you are justified before our holy God. It's not your
righteousness but Christ's (1 Corinthians 1:30;
Philippians 3:8, 9). So when Satan aims an arrow at you by ...
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Wait on God's Time 11/24/2009
Wait on God's Time "Sarah bare Abraham a in his old age, at the set
time of which God had spoken to him" (Gen. 21:2). The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts
of His heart to all generations" (Psalm 33:11). But
we must be prepared to wait God's time. God has His set
times. It is not for us to know them; indeed, we cannot know
them; we must wait for them. If God had told Abraham in ...
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Presevering through Pressure 11/23/2009
Persevering through Pressure by Charles R. Swindoll
Hebrews 6:18
Doubts often steal into our lives like termites into a house.
These termite-like thoughts eat away at our faith. Usually,
we can hold up pretty well under this attack. But occasionally,
when a strong gale comes along---a sudden, intense blast---we
discover we cannot cope. Our house begins to lean. For some
people ...
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SIGNS AND WONDERS 11/20/2009
SIGNS AND WONDERS John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples if you
have love for one another
Signs and wonders validated the ministry of Jesus and the
apostles. After quoting from the prophet Joel and demonstrating
that the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost was biblical,
Peter preached about Jesus of Nazareth as "a man attested
to you by God with miracles and ...
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HOW FAITH AFFECTS OUR LIVES 11/19/2009
HOW FAITH AFFECTS OUR LIVES Ephesians 2:8, 9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of
works, that no one should boast
After Jesus claimed to be sent by God, some were seeking
to seize Him, having come to the conclusion that He was not
a good man. But others did believe in Him, "and they
were saying, 'When ...
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The Mystery of the Wind 11/18/2009
The Mystery of the Wind
This devotional was written by Mike DeVries
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound,
but cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.
So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. –John 3:8 It was late one night when a Pharisee named Nicodemus came
to Jesus. Like many others, he had seen Jesus teaching.
He had seen the ...
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The Puzzle 11/17/2009
The Puzzle This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good
Spirit lead me on level ground. –Psalm 143:10 While on a vacation my family and I worked on a puzzle. It
was a mystery puzzle, so there was no picture on the box to
follow a pattern. Once the puzzle was put together, you
used the picture to solve the mystery. We ...
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THE SIGNIFICANT DOMINION 11/16/2009
THE SIGNIFICANT DOMINION Genesis 1:26 Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds
of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth
In the original creation, Adam didn't search for significance;
he was significant. He was given rule over all His ...
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FIVE HINDRANCES 11/12/2009
FIVE HINDRANCES James 1:25 One who looks intently at the perfect law . . . not having
become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man
shall be blessed in what he does
While God has given us an infallible guide to life--His
Word--the truth he wants us to follow for our freedom can
be obscured by our bias and selfish indulgence. In the twentieth-century
Western church, I see ...
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THE WAY OF ESCAPE 11/11/2009
THE WAY OF ESCAPE 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to
man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide
the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it
First Corinthians 10:13 is the shining good news in the
midst of our fears and concerns about temptation. ...
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FERTITLE SOIL FOR GROWTH 11/10/2009
FERTILE SOIL FOR GROWTH 1 Timothy 1:5 The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and
a good conscience and a sincere faith
Perhaps the greatest service performed by trials and tribulations
in our lives is to reveal wrong goals. It's during these
times of pressure that your emotions raise their warning
flags signaling blocked goals, uncertain goals, and impossible
goals which ...
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Is Fatigue Next to Godliness? 11/9/2009
Is Fatigue Next to Godliness? by Charles R. Swindoll
Luke 9:18
Now here's a rhyme I'll never understand:
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? I've been to London to look at the queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under the chair.
That little pussy-cat had the chance of her lifetime. All
of London ...
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The Rightful Place of Angels 11/6/2009
The Rightful Place of Angels In our day, angels have become a pretty big thing. In fact,
there are some fairly well-known personalities today
talking about having their personal angel and needing
to "contact your angel." I believe in angels because the Bible clearly talks about
them, but angels have a rightful place, which Paul addresses
in Colossians 2:18-19, Let no one cheat you of your ...
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A Sacred Interruption 11/5/2009
A Sacred Interruption
This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and
he make your paths straight. –Proverbs 3:5-6 Twentieth century theologian and philosopher Reinhold
Niebuhr penned the following prayer, now commonly referred
to as "The Serenity Prayer." It ...
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HELPING OTHERS FIND FREEDOM 11/4/2009
HELPING OTHERS FIND FREEDOM 2 Timothy 2:24-26 The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome,
but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition,
if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the
knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses
and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held
captive by him to do ...
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Just What You Have 11/3/2009
Just What You Have
This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden
Moses answered, "What if they don't believe
me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to
you'?" Then the Lord said to him, "What
is that in your hand?" "A staff, " he replied.
–Exodus 4:1-2 One day, while Moses was tending sheep, God got his attention
through a burning bush. When Moses ...
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TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE 11/2/2009
TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE 2 Corinthians 10:5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised
up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every
thought captive to the obedience of Christ
Satan's perpetual aim is to infiltrate your thoughts
with his thoughts and to promote his lie in the face of God's
truth. If Satan can control your thoughts, he can control
your ...
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Pettiness 10/30/2009
Pettiness by Charles R. Swindoll
Galatians 2:4-5
Few things turn our crank faster than being around big-minded,
enthusiastic, broad-shouldered visionaries. They are
positive, on the move, excited about exploring new vistas,
inspired, and inspiring. While others are preoccupied
with tiny tasks and nit-picking squabbles, these people
see opportunity in every difficulty and helpful ...
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Specialize in the Impossible 10/29/2009
Specialize in the Impossible "The hill country shall be thine" (Josh. 17:18,
RV). There is always room higher up. When the valleys are full
of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress,
get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can
no longer work for God, pray for those who can. If you cannot
move earth by your speech, you may move Heaven. If the development
of life on ...
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The Father's Hand 10/28/2009
The Father's Hand "Your heavenly Father knoweth" (Matt. 6:32).
A visitor at a school for the deaf and dumb was writing questions
on the blackboard for the . By and by he wrote this
sentence: "Why has God made me to hear and speak, and
made you deaf and dumb?" The awful sentence fell upon the little ones like a fierce
blow in the face. They sat palsied before that dreadful
"Why?" And then a little ...
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FORGVING YOUR PAST 10/27/2009
FORGIVING YOUR PAST Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each
other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you
The second step in resolving past conflicts is to forgive
those who have offended you. After encouraging Cindy,
a victim, to deal with the emotional trauma of her ,
I said, "Cindy, you also need to forgive the man who
you." Cindy's response ...
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EVALUATING YOUR PAST 10/26/2009
EVALUATING YOUR PAST Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free
How does God intend for you to resolve hurtful, controlling
past experiences? In two ways which we shall consider today
and tomorrow. First, you have the privilege of evaluating your past experience
in the light of who you are now, as opposed to who you were
then. The intensity of the primary emotion ...
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Obedience 10/23/2009
Obedience To God, obedience is a big deal. And one of the best ways to
see just how importantly He regards it is to learn from those
who disobeyed. One of those is King Saul. When he was told by God to make an
end of the Amalekites and to destroy all of their property,
he did not do it. Instead of obeying God, he saved the oxen and the sheep,
along with some other things, and then claimed he ...
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SING AND MAKE MELODY 10/22/2009
SING AND MAKE MELODY Ephesians 5:18, 19 Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
with your heart to the Lord
How pathetically unaware we are of the biblical prominence
of music in the spiritual realm. It is interesting to note
that whenever the evil spirit came upon King Saul, David
(the heir apparent to ...
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THE EQUATION FOR WHOLENESS 10/20/2009
THE EQUATION FOR WHOLENESS 1 Timothy 6:9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare
and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into
ruin and destruction
In his book The Sensation of Being Somebody , Maurice Wagner
expresses a false belief in simple equations we tend to
accept. He says we mistakenly think that good appearance
plus the admiration it brings ...
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THE EQUATION FOR WHOLENESS 10/20/2009
THE EQUATION FOR WHOLENESS 1 Timothy 6:9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare
and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into
ruin and destruction
In his book The Sensation of Being Somebody , Maurice Wagner
expresses a false belief in simple equations we tend to
accept. He says we mistakenly think that good appearance
plus the admiration it brings ...
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Rx for Depression 10/19/2009
Rx for Depression Isaiah 58:10-11 gives you and me a powerful
prescription for depression. It says, If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted
soul, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your
darkness shall be as the noonday. The LORD will guide you
continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen
your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and ...
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The Problem with Progress 10/16/2009
The Problem with Progress, Part One by Charles R. Swindoll
1 Kings 17-19 Progress seems like a two-headed giant, doesn't it?
Looking back on it, it is admirable, almost heroic. We salute
visionaries of yesteryear. They emerge from the pages
of our history books as men and women of gallant faith. We
shake our heads in amazement as we imagine the herculean
courage it took to stand so ...
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