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Mar 2016
“But Noah found Grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Genesis 6:8 To see it, you must come in Faith and spend time looking. “Grace in the eyes of the Lord.” No one knows how Noah found that that day or night, but we must believe it’s because he was looking. No doubt he and his family felt all alone in that wicked world where “the wickedness was great and every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was only evil continually” (6:5). But, in that great spiritual darkness, Noah looked up and found just what......
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Mar 2016
“And there came a Voice to him, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ But, Peter said, ‘Not so, Lord—for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.’ And, the Voice spoke unto him again the second time, ‘What God has cleansed, do not call ‘common’.” Acts 10:13-15 Although He’s the “God Who changes not” (Heb. 13:8; James 1:17), there are still times when He’ll call us out of our comfort zones. “Arise, kill and eat.” That doesn’t seem like such a big deal until we read it in its......
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Mar 2016
“Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?” James 4:1 Our greatest enemy is never “out there” somewhere; it’s the one that lurks within us and always seeks to control. Conflict. Confusion. Cravings. Conceit. These are but a few of the words that characterize how things are when we’re “drawn away by our own lusts and sin is given free reign” (James 1:14-15). And, even after we’re truly born again from Above, our old man dies slowly and......
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Mar 2016
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear—but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7 When the Risen Lord lives in us, we no longer have to be held captive or hostage to the forces of evil. The Spirit of Fear It travels in darkness and is a master of deception. Its aliases are many: Worry. Anxiety. Panic. Paranoia. Trepidation. And, there are so many today who are bound by this “Tyrant of Terror” as he robs of peace-of-mind and serenity-of-soul. But, today’s Manna clearly says “God has not given us the spirit......
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Mar 2016
“. . .for Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest.” Joshua 3:15b So often God’s greatest miracles are reserved for those who are willing to step into the flood waters, trusting Him to make a way through them. For 40 years they’d wandered in the wilderness. For 40 years many of them had lived with the guilt of knowing their wandering was a direct result of their unbelief and disobedience (Num. 14:20-35). But, now their day had come. The day to enter the Promised Land. And, the Jordan River......
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