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The average person has about 6,200 thoughts per day. Our seemingly endless stream of thoughts is generated, considered, analyzed, and either filed as a memory, or forgotten as a “throw-away”. And all this with astonishing speed: 275 mph (443 kph)! Wow! I’m having some lightning-fast thoughts right now. Like, how did neuro-scientists count all those
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This week, as I have thought about and prayed for the Philippines, I felt Holy Spirit drawing me to the following passage of scripture: ¹¹ “(God said) ‘(Elijah), leave this cave, and go standon the mountainside in my presence.’ The Eternal passed by him. The mighty wind separated the mountains and crumbled every stone before
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As I chronicled in my previous post, the Philippines has recently been pummeled and pounded by a series of catastrophic natural disasters. The island of Cebu, where I lived and worked as a missionary for many years, was hit especially hard. First, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in northern Cebu, struck on the
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As you know, I was a missionary in the Philippines for more than 13 years, and it quickly became my adopted home. Filipino people are gentle, caring, cheerful, hard-working, resilient, and family-oriented.They quickly find their way into your heart. The nation of the Philippines has many nicknames, one of which is “Land of the Morning”.
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One of the greatest mysteries in all of eternity is this: Man was made in the image and likeness of God. (Genesis 1:26) And Jesus, God in the flesh, was made in the likeness of man. Philippians 2:7 says that Jesus: “… became human! He humbled Himself and became vulnerable, choosing to be revealed as
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a book of miracles! From the moment of creation when God said, “Let there be light!”(Genesis 1:3) all the way to the Apostle John’s vision of the new heaven and earth (Revelation 22:1-5) miracles abound! We read about the awe-inspiring miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospels, but
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For the last three weeks we have been on a treasure-hunt together. We are pressing into the realm of the miraculous, not seeking the miracles themselves, but instead diligently seeking the Miracle-Worker. Our primary text has been 2 Kings 4:1-7. Please take the time to read or reread this passage of scripture, and refresh your
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In preparing for this teaching, I looked up the word “miracle” in Strong’s Concordance.I expected to see hundreds of entries for the word “miracle”. I expected to find so many scriptures and so much information about miracles that it would take several days to sort through it, and study it all. But I was surprised.
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In last week’s post, I shared the testimony of a miracle healing that took place in one of our crusades in the Philippines. A man named Henry had been paralyzed from the waist down for over three months, and was instantly healed as he heard and believed the Word that was preached. Although Henry’s healing
