Holy Spirit
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Well, we enjoyed another typical terrific Texas summer this year… extremely hot and extremely dry! “How hot and dry?” Glad you asked: ● The chickens laying hard-boiled eggs. ● The fire ants were really on fire. ● The ducks forgot how to swim. ● The cows produced powdered milk. ● The catfish were already fried…
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Grace and I live in East Texas, and our area has been experiencing a severe drought for the last four months. There is a burn ban in effect and also water usage restrictions for our county as well as nearby counties. Bottom line… we need rain… desperately! And so does the Church in America! We…
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The greatest need for believers today is to renew their minds to the Word of God. Without God’s Word, we lack God’s wisdom, knowledge, and intelligence, and are easy prey for the destroyer. (See Hosea 4:6) TRANSFORMED – A NEW MIND! But with our minds renewed by the Word we are transformed from captives to…
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Have you noticed? Many born-again Christians still think, talk, walk, and live their day-to-day lives, just like the world. They are truly Christians, but they’re not experiencing or enjoying the awesome power of Christian living. STUCK IN THE MUCK That’s because even though their spirit was made alive to God, when they accepted Jesus Christ…
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“It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—SIGNED, SEALED, and DELIVERED by the Holy Spirit.” (Ephesians 1:13, The Message) For the last few weeks we’ve explored what it means that we are signed, sealed and delivered by Holy Spirit. SIGNEDWe have…
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AMERICA’S STORY BEGINS Millions of patriotic Americans are joyously celebrating the birth of our nation today. It was on July 4, 1776, exactly 250 years ago, that the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted to declare independence from England. But as monumentally important as that event was to the people of America and to the…
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In the fourth chapter of Mark’s gospel, Jesus told a parable about a man sowing seed. Some of the seed fell on the pathway beside his field, and was eaten by the birds. Some seed fell on rocky, shallow soil. It shot up quickly, but died just as quickly, because it developed no real root…
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It was the greatest moment in all eternity… greater than creation… greater than any sign, wonder, or miracle… greater than Jesus’ conception… greater than His birth… even greater than His death… the singular moment when everything changed… THE PIVOT-POINT OF ETERNITY This mystery, to which I am referring, is the pivot-point of eternity… the Resurrection…
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THAT AIN’T WORTH A HILL OF BEANS! My roots go down deep into the sandy clay soil of Northwest Louisiana, and the Piney Woods of East Texas. I was cornbread-fed, and sunburned-red, always “barefooted as a yard dog” through the whole summer. As kids, we would gather with the adults in the cool of the…
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YOU’RE NOT ALONE! Recently , I was praying for the people of our home church. From all outward appearances, we are a healthy, church family, well-cared for, happy, and full of love. So I was surprised when I began to sense that something wasn’t quite right. As I prayed, Holy Spirit began to show me…