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Reclaiming the Awe of God Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 There is a wisdom that only comes to a heart that fears the Lord. This wisdom enables one to navigate the rough waters of life with greater ease than their peers, allowing an individual…
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Are you getting enough training?
BY JACK WARD If I decided to join the U.S. Army and depending on whether or not I could pass the physical, I figured it should only take me about one week of training, and I would be ready. We all know better than that, don’t we? One week of training would never prepare anyone…
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Telling the Story: Truly celebrating Easter
BY DAWN REED Her words convicted me to the bone marrow. My eyes filled with tears and I covered my mouth not to sob out loud. She hadn’t intended to make me cry. Jen is one of everybody’s favorite people. She is the church aunt or grandma all of us need. She gives hugs and…
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Contentment!
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked. “Because I’ve caught enough fish for today,” said the fisherman. “Why don’t you catch more fish than you…
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Reclaiming the Awe of God
BY GREG CRUM “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and…
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Telling the Story: Fear of the dentist
BY DAWN REED Fear is a Goliath we all face daily. Life is full of hard things. Just today, you will face uncertain, unknown situations. You have the choice of trusting God in scary circumstances. Being afraid is OK. A while back I heard that when you are scared and your heart is racing, you…
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Pardon from sin
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH The truth is we can’t please God on our terms. Nor does it do any good to try and hide our sins. Like Isaiah, we can only admit, “I am a person of unclean lips.” It reminds me of the story of King Frederick II, an eighteenth-century…
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Key to better days? Keep your mouth shut and avoid the drama! Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue…
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Telling the Story: Last words
BY DAWN REED Moses is just about to die. In a few pages, he will climb Mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah and then be buried by the LORD (Deuteronomy 34). I’ve been dreading it for days. Reading the Bible chronologically this year, the LORD has breathed new life into the old, old stories…
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Assurance the Bible is true
BY JACK WARD “But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them.” (2 Timothy 3:14) We are always learning. We have spent many years in school learning the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic. And then we went on to learn a skill…
Category: Devotionals
