Butterflies and bees they are both workers in more way than one. While they are busy floating from flower to flower drinking in nectar, they are also cross pollinating. Their focus is on the nectar, but they’re actually performing a miracle by creation without even knowing it. That is the way God works in your […]
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My True Source of Joy
Studying God’s Word has radically changed my life, and it has opened my eyes to the way God wants me to live. One of my favorite scriptures I cling to is John 10:10: I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance!! This verse tells me that God doesn’t just […]
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Knowing Christ
We all have deep longings, some of them known only to ourselves. Paul’s deepest longing was known by everyone: It was simply to know Christ. Yet didn’t he already know him? Oh Yes! But his desires was to know him better and better, especially when life wasn’t going well. When Paul wrote Philippians 3:10 – […]
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Proverbs 31 – I CHOOSE TO LAUGH!
Thank you, Pastor Chuck, for encouraging us to read through the book of Proverbs this month. In Proverbs 31, I love verse 25: she can laugh at the days to come! The reason I can laugh at the days to come even when the world appears dark, I know that God is in control of […]
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Proverbs 24 – Our Great Challenge
Proverbs 24 As I was reading Proverbs 24 today, the verse that spoke to me was 29: And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me I’ll get even with them!” How many times has this thought run through your mind? For me, probably too many to count. Not […]
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Sovereignty of God Proverbs 21:1
At first glance this list of Old Testament proverbs may appear like a hodgepodge of random thoughts. A closer look, however, reveals a common theme we tend to overlook or ignore, and that is the theme of God’s absolute sovereignty over His creation. By sovereignty, I mean God’s right as the King of the universe […]
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Did you know that Proverbs is one of the most read books in the Bible, and one of the most practical? Proverbs is the greatest how-to book ever written, and those who have the good sense to take its lesson to heart will quickly discover godliness, prosperity, and contentment are theirs for the asking. In […]
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As we look around our world today it appears that so many wicked people are succeeding. Because of this Proverbs 12:3 stood out to me: “A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.” To be established means to be successful. Real success comes only to those who do what is […]
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Proverbs 11 – OUR WORDS MATTER
What really stands out to me in this Proverb is verse 13 – A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. Our words matter – in conversations and emails and texts and blogs and phone calls and all the rest. Remember the last time you sent a text to a wrong […]
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When reading the book of Proverbs, you quickly realize the wisdom from Christ is a matter of life and death. Jesus Christ is the best counselor, mentor, and life coach for all people in all seasons of life. Reading a chapter, a day allows us to slow down, listen, think, journal, and pray as Christ […]
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