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What Is Your Standard for Living?
Breaking news from thousands of years ago Isaiah 55An Invitation to Abundant Life1 Ho, everyone who thirsts,come to the waters;and you that have no money,come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without price.2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does…
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The Mystery of the Prosperity God-Spell
Originally posted on The Roofless Church: If you look at the leaves on a tree or the grasses in the field, it is easy to see that abundance is an integral part of God’s reality. That’s why in Matthew 6:27-30 Jesus was quoted as saying, “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to…
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The Marketing Mastery of Mr. West
Any organization that has endured the test of time would tell you that reinvention is the master key to longevity and continued relevance. Just ask companies like Apple, Coke, McCafe, I mean McDonald’s or even Polaroid or Kodak who are trying to get into the mobile phone accessory realm and you’ll see what I mean.…
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Power Beyond Measure Part 4
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. — Marianne Williamson One day my dad called me out of nowhere and invited me to visit him in Mississippi. He said he wanted to talk to me and that it had…
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Becoming My Father Figure
Originally posted on It's All In Me – Poetry Blog: In a moment of self-reflectionI determined something sadPerhaps I will never have a childUntil I become the father I never had As a kid I’d approach different menAnd ask if they had a sonIf the answer they gave was ever “no”I’d ask if I…
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When Time Touches Eternity
C.S. Lewis said that “The present is that point when time touches eternity.” He also said, “There is no other day. All days are present now. This moment contains all moments.” I think about this often when I feel tempted to go either too far into imagining illusory possible future scenarios or trying to makes…
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To Know Only God’s Love
This morning I asked myself what I thought my life would be like if I could train my mind to only focus on thoughts concerning God’s love for all people without exception. In other words, what if I were literally incapable of thinking of anything else, how would I show up in the world? I…
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Where is Your Treasure?
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.…
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Those Who Lose Their Lives…
Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me…
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You Reap What You Vote
Isaiah 5:20 -21 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe! Like my box haircut and…
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