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At Calvary – Ep 35 – Sorry, We’ve Been Hopping!
What has been going on in life since October? Why haven’t I been uploading podcasts? Does anyone care? : ) Let’s talk about what have we’ve been doing, what has been going on in our country, and what I have learned over this last year. You can also always find all of the episodes right…
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Connect with God in Worship
A couple of weeks ago my family went on a staycation to Jester Park (northwest of Des Moines). We had a wonderful time in nature and lots of fun playing games together. It was a good time to connect as a family. It was also a good time to connect anew with God. For me,…
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The Secret Deception of Judging Your Neighbor
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 to easy for us to do to ourselves. It is the deception that comes when we…
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Contentment – It’s About What You Want Out of Life
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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What are our thoughts about Heaven?
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. – 1…
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Trapped!
They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them… Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? Galatians 4:17, 21 Let me share a parable of Jesus… Matthew 12:43 “Now when the unclean spirit goes out of…
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Starting Anew with Hope
Think back for a moment to this annual event: going back to school. Every year children gear up for school in August. Mom’s are getting their youngest ready for kindergarten. Students are planning what they and their friends are going to wear for that first day. There is a sense of excitement in the air. Students…
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Until the Job is Done
Imagine with me: A man is running a hard race. He is in the lead by a hundred feet. He is just a hundred feet from the finish line. He has been running for miles. He sees a friend cheering him on. Suddenly, he stops. He walks to the line of spectators and just sits…
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Live by the Spirit
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. – Galatians 5 This week I want us to think about how God’s transformation works in us. I do mean transformation. God isn’t just…
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The Transforming Power of Grace
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Today we think of the power of God’s grace. To me the power of grace is both extremely encouraging and seriously convicting. The encouragement of grace is that God promises…
Pastor John D Jakes 