Tag: heart
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Companions
63I am a companion of all who fear you,of those who keep your precepts.–Psalm 119 I journey with all kinds of people. I keep many people on my radar and when I see them I connect with them. If I see you at a church service or at the store then you are important to…
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Sovereign Inner Guidance
36Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! 37Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.–Psalm 119 Here are five points I would like to make regarding this passage. Now I want you to ponder your story. Is there any lasting hope for you as…
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What Are You Storing in Your Heart?
11I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.–Psalm 119 I counsel my friends journeying with depression to maintain a quiver of arrows ready to draw upon and fire. Each of those arrows is a powerful piece of self-talk based upon Biblical truth. And the best arrows are…
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Rejoice and Be Glad
24This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.–Psalm 118 My perspective each day is challenged by this verse. Today is God’s day. He made it. It belongs to Him. Today’s purpose is ultimately found in giving God glory and longing for His will to be done in and…
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Transcendence and Immanence
4The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. 5Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, 6who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? 7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; 8he seats them with princes, with…
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Prayer and Enemies
1Be not silent, O God of my praise! 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 5So they reward me evil for…
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Five End-Times Focuses
13Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14Let all that you do be done in love.–1 Corinthians 16 We get closer to the end by the day. Here is how Paul ended his first letter to the church at Corinth. It wasn’t written to us, but here it is for us.…
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Two More Thoughts on Tongues
4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. 5Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built…
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Love and Not-Love
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.…
Joel M Bradshaw 