Category: Holy living
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Stop QUOTING THE MISQUOTED
STOP QUOTING THE MISQUOTED! The adage is: the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb—not blood is thicker than water. The original is all about how family isn’t always where your connections are, not family over everything! Even Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who is my brother?” Then proceeded…
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The Importance of Integrity
#TestimonyforToday: for the past few months, God has been dealing with concerning my level of Integrity. Integrity is the idea of doing the right thing for the sake of doing right-despite it being easier to do the wrong thing. After a huge breach of trust with someone whom I love dearly, I began to see…
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The Accountability That Comes with The Blessing
It’s so easy to hide inside the lives we have created for ourselves, selfishly clinging to the little happiness squeezed out of dry bones brittle from the abuse and neglect of this world. It is so easy to venture out into the wilds of where you live just to make enough money to run home…
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Mountain Top Obedience
Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” We use the phrase Jehovah Jireh all of the time to attribute to God that characteristic of being our provider-I have no doubt…
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The Complexities of Integrity
The word for 2019 for me was integrity. You can talk all day, but the old adage is true: actions speak louder than words. A key component of God’s holiness is that God/Jesus is the same today, yesterday and forever (Hebrew 13:8; Revelation 1:8; Psalm 90:2); God does not change or vary in Godself (Malachi…
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Taming the Bear Inside
“And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is…
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How Your “First Mind” Could Be The Wrong Kind, Too
““The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?” Jeremiah 17:9 AMP Have you have heard someone say, “I should have followed my first mind?” In most cases, it’s said right after someone makes a mistake or does something that causes confusion…
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Reminder: Thank You Makes Room for More
In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 I’ve had people say to me, “Why are you putting so much effort into this little house/this student/this job/etc?” My response is ALWAYS: Thank you makes room for more.” If you don’t appreciate where you are—don’t…
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The Stabilizing Power of Jesus Christ
But God hath not given unto us a spirit of fear; but of power, of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Do you know what it is like to spend your entire life having your thought life arrested? Like, having everyone important in your life question and sometimes outright deny the validity…
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Forgiveness, Offense, Repentance, & Reconciliation
Forgiveness frees you of the offense; however: Repentance precedes Reconciliation Kisha “Great Joy” Spencer Many of us conflate forgiveness with reconciliation because we desire greatly to forgo the process of repentance. But see let me put you up on game: Forgiveness is for the offend-ED, while repentance? Well. Repentance is for the offend—ER. See the…