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Pour water into the basket
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Matthew 25:21: “His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” A certain king needed a faithful servant and had to…
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Sight Unseen Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou…
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How can this be?
BY DAWN REED That day, it was only a poor teenage girl and the angel of the Lord (Luke 1:26-38). There was a lot to take in. An angel. Good news. A baby on the way. The Son of God. Mary listened. Then she had a fair question: “How can this be?” Gabriel gave a…
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Fear Not
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH There seems to be no limit to our fears. In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown goes to Lucy for a nickel’s worth of psychiatric help. She proceeds to pinpoint his particular “fear.” “Perhaps,” she says, “you have hypengyophobia, which is the fear of responsibility.” Charlie Brown says,…
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Sight Unseen
BY GREG CRUM “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” I John 5:4-5 Here’s a news flash for you—God has never lost a…
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Asking for eggstra help
BY DAWN REED The deviled eggs nearly ruined the Thanksgiving feast before it began. The apostle Paul had a thorn in the flesh. I believe I’ve found mine: peeling boiled eggs. I grew up in a family of delicious meals, holiday or not. Almost every one of them featured a crystal tray filled with beautiful…
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We’ve lost the cutting edge
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH “But as one was cutting down a tree the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, ‘Alas, master! For it was borrowed.’” (2 Kings 6:5) The ax fell into the water. They lost their cutting edge. How do we get it back…
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Your Answer is in the Word Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 Remember long division from your childhood studies? It was most every elementary school kid’s least favorite mathematical endeavor. Why? Well, it usually wasn’t because the concept behind division…
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Not being scared
BY DAWN REED It is my great privilege to be a dental assistant at a pediatric practice. I didn’t find out what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was 44. (Late bloomer.) Most people despise going to the dentist. They hate it like, well, a toothache. Despite that, helping kids and…
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Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH We are at the beginning of a very special time of the year. The season that begins this week and runs through New Year has come to be known as the holiday season. The word “holiday” is a shortened form of what ancient people called “the holy days.”…
Category: Devotionals
