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Comfort in times of trouble
BY DAWN REED My heart hurt over the man’s troubles. One thing after another was going wrong in his life. Loss after loss had laid him low. And he didn’t understand. He had been faithful to God. Why was he suffering so? I had known of the man’s heartaches and loss. Reading it again stirred…
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Knowing the God of Your Faith Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable…
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How Gullible Are We?
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the greater Idaho Falls Science Fair on April 26, 1997. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project,…
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Telling the Story: Stuck in the Time Machine
BY DAWN REED The timer started when the door closed. We were in a 1950s living room. Clues were hidden about; we just had to find them. Our niece, Cassie, recently stopped in Lexington on her way to Vermont. Our son thought it would be great to do an escape game while she was there.…
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Knowing the God of Your Faith
BY GREG CRUM “And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” I Corinthians 2:4-5 The letters to the church in Corinth are a…
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Have you decided?
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY CHURCH A man stepped up to the first tee to begin his round of golf. He teed up the ball, took a mighty swing and missed the ball but hit a rather large ant hill; ants, parts of ants, turf and dirt scattered everywhere. He swung again and missed…
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Telling the Story: Pondering a Heaven-iversary
BY DAWN REED Do they eat cake in heaven? That’s one of the things I’m pondering today. My mom went to heaven three years ago this morning at 7 a.m. Sometimes my brain spins with what’s going on up there. The term “heaven-iversary” seems appropriate. (You have to say it a few times for it…
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The Inner Man
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources, so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work, his supervisor was very impressed when he learned…
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Aggression in Recession Part 4
BY GREG CRUM “Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD…
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The way maker chain breaker
BY DAWN REED On Sunday mornings, I worship in a warm, cozy sanctuary. I lift my frequently-offkey voice in songs of praise. I sing words that tell of chains being gone, of freedom, of God making a way, of His blessings. I sometimes raise my hands, though I am more prone to do it at…
Category: Devotionals
