Spiritual Warfare
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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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In our last post, we found that the Christmas story actually begins in the book of Genesis. After the fall of man, God confronted the serpent (satan) and declared war on him. God decreed that a Savior, one born of a woman, would come, and He would crush satan’s head. (Genesis 3:15) The sacred promise…
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The Christmas story… beautifully familiar! Memorialized in manger scenes in front of churches, displayed in town squares, and front lawns across the land. Presented perennially in children’s nativity plays… “Mary” and “Joseph” looking lovingly at the doll “baby Jesus” wrapped in a towel and laid on a bed of straw… the “shepherds” and “wise men”…
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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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