Tag: Baptist
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Chasing a Purpose
Last time I wrote we thought a bit about seeking our purpose. Today I want to talk more about “buckshot” living. If you missed it, refer to my last post. However, to simplify things, buckshot living is the living we do and we don’t really know why we are doing it. It doesn’t really have…
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Embrace your Purpose
Perhaps, if I planned for my purpose and sought to fulfill my purpose then the things I do for God would be transformed into worship, ministry, and evangelism. Perhaps, if I practiced that with the things of God, then the ordinary things might take on a greater significance too.
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Believed Promises Change Lives
When we believe a promise, we do something about it. That is all faith is – the response to a promise from God that we believe.
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The Mysterious Love of God
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 – For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. It is one thing to talk about…
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Remembering a Friend of God
Jesus said, “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” (John 15:15 ) Last week our church family lost a dear brother in…
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Trust is about Truth
Have you said in your heart or heard a friend say, “I just don’t feel that God is very close to me.” I want to think today about that word ‘feel’…
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Sin, not a downer, a revelation of glory
“The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.” I am preparing to head back home from the pastor’s conference that I have been to for the last 3 days. Wow, what an encouragement to marvel at the wonder of God! The subject of…
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Where Has God Been Leading Me
When my kids were younger we watched the Veggie Tales series all the time. If you know the series, then you will know this song, “And so what we have learned applies to our lives today And God has a lot to say in His book You see, we know that God’s word is for…
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Jesus meets every need
One of the cool things that I like about Christmas is the general beauty of the story. The beauty of a baby. The beauty of the star. It is that picture of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus welcoming the shepherds underneath the angelic star that always comes to my mind and makes me smile. Yet, I…
Pastor John D Jakes 