heart-feeling and devotion

27Mar09

Two things that are in front of me today. One is a passage I read today, the other a blog post that I read.
Psalms 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
For [...]

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no, i am not

19Mar09

Do not judge me on your preconceived notions. Do not apply the mistakes of others to me and account me guilty.
I am not of Paul, or Apollos, or Mike, or John or anyone else. I am of Christ. I am His. I have to find my own way, make my own mistakes and learn from [...]

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micah, an exhortation to repentance

05Dec08

Have you read the words of Micah lately? Most people are familiar with the passage(6:8), as an instruction on the way to live life, but have you read the preceding verses? Or just picked out the words as a nice homily to mouth when you are doubtful?
I think this piece of scripture was intended for [...]

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fingers for prayer

22Aug08

Each of her fingers stood for someone. Her thumb was nearest to her, and it reminded her to pray for those who were nearest and closest and dearest to her.

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the beginning of the start

14Jan08

When reading the book of Judges today, I came across a passage that gripped me as I had never noticed the wording before. Judges mainly goes through the works of the men (and a couple women) who led the nation of Israel before they demanded a king from God.
The passage that popped out was chapter [...]

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to begin anew

01Jan08

Happy New Year, folks.
Here it is again – an opportunity to being anew, to start over fresh. I am not much for resolutions, I try to cultivate Godly behavior every day so I don’t recommend much.
If you haven’t done much reading in 2007,  try it this year.  I think that reading a good book is [...]

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