1NOW THE Philistines gathered their armies for battle and were assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. 2Saul and the men of Israel were encamped in the Valley of Elah and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 3And the Philistines stood on a mountain on [...]
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Deuteronomy 11: 8-14 Deu 11:8 Soon you will cross the Jordan River, and if you obey the laws and teachings I’m giving you today, you will be strong enough to conquer the land Deu 11:9 that the LORD promised your ancestors and their descendants. It’s rich with milk and honey, and you will live there [...]
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God puts his people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness. -David Platt- I wish so much that I had realized this much earlier in my Christian life. It is so easy to look at troubles and trials as really bad [...]
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Acts 2: 14-36 gives Peter’s (what is now famous) Sermon on the Mount. It was a mere 448 words (KJV) which would have taken only a few minutes to say at most, but at his invitation at least three thousand people accepted Christ. Not only did they accept Christ, their lives were radically changed and [...]
There are two parts to every burden. One is the burden in itself, and the other is how much of that burden you internalize and take for your own. You cannot magically transport yourself away from difficult circumstances. Yet you can choose to see, understand and live the fact that even the most difficult burden [...]
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Galatians 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Paul was a person just like you. He [...]
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II Kings 19:7 NAS – I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor AMP – Behold I will send (to give) a blast (a breath that is a sensible or violent exaltation) upon him and he shall hear (to hear intelligently with attention and obedience) a rumor (report, announcement) [...]
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Proverbs 24:10 If you faint in the day of adversity your strength is small. The Message version If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place. This verse is very powerful to me, because I can think back on many instances where a person has gone through [...]
There is always a road to go down that follows any action that has been taken. The question is – how long will the road be and how long will it take to go down it. The Holy Spirit gave me this thought and it has affected me in a powerful way. Every day it [...]
I Corinthians 1: 27-29 27. For God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. 28. And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, [...]
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