Simple and not so simple thoughts
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The Children Are Starving
Arise, cry out in the night, from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. Lamentations 3:19 If we saw our children starving physically…
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Get out!
Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the LORD. (Isaiah 52:11) Long ago the nation of Israel was recalled after a long (and precisely prescribed) captivity. Isaiah 52:11 was God’s command to them to…
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Whatever you do
For any who trust in the authority of the Bible, it only takes a few minutes to make all of those “gray areas” less gray. Taking a look in the New International Version of the Bible for the words “whatever you do” gives four exact matches. All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but…
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The Arm of Flesh
In 2 Chronicles 32:8 we are given a quote from Hezekiah of whom is said “Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.” Given such a reputation, it is only good sense to stop a moment and…
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Fruitfulness
Me: Hey, let’s pick some apples over there and have a bite. You: Uh, that’s a thorn bush. Me: So, why can’t I get apples or peaches or mangos or grapes from it? You: Thorn bushes don’t grow fruit. …later… Me: Aha! I see some wild strawberries. Let’s have some. …picking and eating… You: These…
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Email, Video Games and All That Stuff
I’ve been thinking today about our willing embrace of information overload. Some of us bow down before our Blackberries, iPhones, and Androids so very willingly…really. Is there anyone else is all the world who so captures your attention? Every flash, beep and buzz must be acknowledged. Work never ends. ‘Fun’ never ends. Our obedience to…