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It is by the intense, persistent pursuit of Christ we come into the call and anointing to heal, prophecy, and raise the dead; not by our incessant surrounding ourselves with people who have something we want. Christ alone is our source, …

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Life, for me, has radically changed over the last 52 years of walking with Jesus.  In these years God has taught me so many things. i’ve learned to not be angry about everything and for a guy who was easily …

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Some wounds clear up pretty quickly, but there are wounds of the heart and soul that take time, introspection, insight, and understanding to resolve.  When a friend is surprisingly brutal or you're left with a cruel betrayal, it leaves a …

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What is silence? Is it good or bad? Sometimes both, sometimes neither, it depends on why. Is it a something or a nothing? Many times we expect an answer from God, our spouse, a child, or whom-so-ever we are engaging with, but there is just silence, or no reply.  In that space of no reply many of us...

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These days, we are hiding from God, but it’s not a child's game, and there’s no laughing and giggling to it all anymore.

Gen 3:8-10, "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself."  There are three significant words to note: afraid, naked, and the word for hiding.

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Who Are You Anyway?

 Contrary to popular belief, we all really do need a mediator.  We have a conflict within us between life and death and there needs to be a judge and peacemaker to help resolve our conflicted thinking and crisis of conscience.        

         Hebrews 9:13-15, “For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this reason, He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

         How will God reward us in Heaven when we have led a life of constant self-condemnation?  i think that for many of us, we’ve bought into the lie that we are alone and nobody cares, making it easy to aim our own condemning finger at ourselves.  Either way, it’s still all about ourselves… the consummate victim and martyr. Being a victim is as much about domination as being a controller.

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... and the Lord said the way of mammon is death. 

Mammon elevates us in the moment, it spikes and then trails off in a negative direction… it starts high and then the thrill deteriorates until the next high… like drug use… we spend so much time trying to get back that initial spike of exhilaration, as a result, little by little we, pursue our devotion to stuff, and things, or for some maybe, the possibilities of fame and power, but it never quite becomes as satisfying and delicious as the first time we encountered “mammon”.

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A few hard-won practical insights ...

Oftentimes, if we could hear what is in the silence of those around us, quite possibly we would find good reason to exercise great grace.  Silence speaks loudly if we are willing to listen.  Maybe fear holds people silent more often than we think; maybe most people really don’t know what to say – so they say nothing. We really, really need to learn to listen beyond just the words. i think maybe we’ve been taught to speak and to speak well, but it is rare to meet someone who has been taught to listen.

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Faith is the eternal optimist, risk is the eternal pessimist.

How do we act in faith and risk together?  What is risk to you and what parts of your life do you feel are your biggest risks?  If you know the truth, is there any risk involved? And, what is your idea of a necessary risk, responsible risk, irresponsible risk, and how does your choice of risk affect you and the people around you?

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Most of what we see is just the person at the microphone, but we can rest assured, that even the speakers who seem the most competent, well-spoken, and organized have a team of people behind them, making it all happen.  As to the behind-the-scenes workers, you, yes you – are the champions behind the champions.

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