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What a Friend...

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:35,37 NKJV John 1 [ The Eternal Word ] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.   "Who is Jesus and why should I believe in Him?"  "I have lived my whole life without giving Him much thought."  "My parents made me go to church but I never really took this Jesus thing too serious or to heart." "I know the Christmas Story but what else do I need? I mean, why do I need to know Jesus and try and live for him?"   I hear these questions and more, sometimes I even get kicked out of someone's life because I walk with Jesus the Christ.  I am not sure we have...

Huh!?

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The Voice of God, have you heard it?  If not, why?  If so, have you been listening really closely as He gives you the words for your life? The Voice of God tells a story, the story of your life.  He whispers your name for you to hear, he dances over you when you are unaware, he sings your name and delights in you.  He loves you dearly.  He wants to spend time with you just like a parent wants to talk on the phone.  Spend a few minutes thanking him and loving on him and then listen closely.  At first you may not hear him, he may seem far away, but He is right there waiting on you to be very quiet and listening.  When he has your attention, you will hear him.  I have many conversations with Him, but I have to remember to STOP talking and listen.  That still small voice is there.  When I was in church ministry, God ran the ministry through me by speaking to me.  I would spend the month of July asking Him wha...

Shoreline

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 The Shoreline is a safe place for us to stand when the tide rolls in and out, however, at times we may be hit with a huge wave or even a small one as we are mesmerized by the power of the water, the ocean roaring.  The crashing of the waves, the voice of the Lord calling deep within us as we sit and watch or walk along the shore.  Nestled safely under the sand are shells, homes that lost their inhabitants that were violently thrust upon the silky sand.  Homes that were safely under the ocean at the bottom of the abyss.  In Psalms 42:7 the Word tells us Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. Have you ever stood there and watched your feet sink into the sand and you wondered how long it would take you to be submerged and how it would feel.  Sometimes our day to day lives can feel like that.  Take heart, the Word of God knows that feeling as well.  In one ver...

From the Land of In Between.

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The Cost of Sanctification by Oswald Chambers Devotions February 8, 2016 February 2016 S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29       May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely… — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Facebook 6K+ 6K+ Twitter Email Print When we pray, asking God to sanctify us, are we prepared to measure up to what that really means? We take the word sanctification much too lightly. Are we prepared to pay the cost of sanctification? The cost will be a deep restriction of all our earthly concerns, and an extensive cultivation of all our godly concerns. Sanctification means to be intensely focused on God’s point of view. It means to secure and to keep all the strength of our body, soul, and spirit for God’s purpose alone. Are we really prepared for God to perform in us everything for which He separated us? And after He has done H...

Goodness

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"When it gets down to goodness and what He's done for me, when it gets down to goodness and how He set me free, I will dance, dance, dance all night, all night!" This is a song that we would sing every Sunday night at Calvary now Victory Church in Great Falls.  It was and still is one that I sing.  His goodness, some may know it and feel it and some may be going through something so bad you can't imagine God's goodness.  Even if you are in the dark, His goodness is there.  His love is there, his hope for you is there.  When it's going really well, sometimes we believe it's because of us and when we become thinkers like this, we blow ourselves up and forget to see God's glory in it.  Look around you right now, what do you see?  Children?  Blessings anywhere?  Having a great time or a hard time?  Let's pray before we continue on this journey today.   Lord Jesus, we come to you and ask that you are first place in our ...