Tag: Calvary
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Deep Christmas Shadows
I was thinking last week about the dark things that we sometimes miss seeing when we talk about the first Christmas. We overlook that Joseph considered letting Mary loose. We tend to not talk about the babies that were killed by Herod. We gloss over Simeon’s blessing in the temple that includes declaring that Jesus…
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Victorious Living
It breaks my heart when I see people who live defeated lives. It is as if they have lost hope. Why would a Christian live that way? We have the greatest reason for hope of anyone. Think about it…when we have such promises from God, how could we be defeated? “For I am convinced that…
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All About Us?
Isn’t church all about me? Isn’t it about my wants, my wishes, my hopes, and my dreams? Are you saying right now, “No, of course not! It’s about Jesus!”? It is about Jesus, but do we make it sometimes about us? Paul spoke to the Corinthian church about something like this. He said, “For I…
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Call on Your Father
Think for a moment who you call when you need help… It probably is a short list. Yet, the people on it are people that you can call on with confidence. How do you know that? You know it because those people have shown that they are committed to you. They have been there when…
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Are We Worthy of the Heart of Another?
Have you thought much about what makes a person worthy of trust? When I think about that question my answer is generally that the person is honest with me, keeps their word, and doesn’t reveal my heart’s secrets. Are those the things which come to your mind? However, when it comes to heart secrets there…
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Unity – Protect It
I saw a Peanuts cartoon recently and Lucy was demanding that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” Linus asked. “These five fingers,” said Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing but when I curl them together like this into…
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The Judgment Deception
Deception. When we read that word, we think of how wicked it sounds. No one wants to be deceived. It is a horrible feeling to realize that you have been deceived. Yet, there is a deception that is far too easy for us to do to ourselves. It is the deception that comes when we…
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At Calvary – Episode 158 – The Two-Front War
I recently read an overview of the defeat of Germany in WWII. The author of the article highlighted several things that defeated Germany, but the article kept coming back to the idea of 3 fronts. You probably have heard of the two fronts: Western and Eastern. This author suggested that Germany could have endured the…
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Happiness Secret – Contentment
Contentment. In our advertising saturated world, the concept of contentment is almost impossible to find. We are constantly told that what we presently have isn’t good enough, fast enough, or cool enough. When was the last time we were supposed to be satisfied with our car or our phone?! We are never supposed to be…
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At Calvary – Episode 157 – God as Family
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Many think this observation came from Confucius, but it actually seems to have come to us as late as 1921 by ad executive Frederick Barnard. Whoever made the idea popular, God evidently has always liked it. He uses pictures all the time to teach us greater truths. In…
Pastor John D Jakes 