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Unique and Beautiful
Years have now passed and you have added and removed multiple cars from your train. You have been through many different learning opportunities, lessons, and hardships. But nothing could have completely prepared you for the change that your train was about to endure. You all of a sudden have twice as many cars to deal…
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Jod
“Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.” Have you asked for understanding? The eight verses in Jod give you four lessons. First, you are to remember where you came from – God made you! Second, are you a willing servant, a bond servant? This is a servant by choice not obligation. As Paul…
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Intimidated Soul
Dear Intimidated Soul, God is not intimidated by your trauma. Honestly, I could end this letter with that simple sentence, but I want you to fully understand what it means. No matter what you are going through or have been through, God is not scared away by it. Women, Christian women, can allow their broken…
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Determination
We all have those times in our lives when we just don’t want to do something. Or when something gets to be too challenging or seem to just not be working, we respond by forsaking that task all together for something that might be easier to accomplish. Or possibly, when we get too tired or…
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Who has the High Ground?
Now, I do not believe this is what God or the Devil look like, but I thought that this picture had such a powerful message that I wanted to address. Our minds are the stomping grounds for a constant battle of decision. We have the Old Man/ The Sin Nature within us that is constantly…
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GPS for Life
When I first moved to Bemidji, Minnesota, I had no idea where anything was. So my GPS became my best friend. I used him for going to Walmart, the coffee shop, the lake, honestly anything. Why did I do this? “Because you would have been lost otherwise.” That’s right. I would have probably ended up…
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Do the Obvious
When I was first starting in Bible college. I was given some beginner courses to help me as I began to learn about the Word of God and having a Christian Walk. – This was pretty foreign to me as I was raised going to Church maybe once a year, and we never read out…
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Security! Security!
We are back on our tracks after exploring the mountain scenery. The temporary stop was nice for a while, but eventually we have to start moving forward once again. As your passengers prepare for another day of enjoying the passing scenery while sitting in the luxury lounge drinking their favorite coffee, your train security is…
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Wow!
This week at church, we discussed how God reveals himself to us in nature. When we look up at the sky there is no doubt that it is filled with wonder, beauty, and power. A power we may never full understand, but our God has. We can’t capture this power in a jar like the…
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Holy Spirit
The third person of the Trinity. As noted in 1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. The Holy Spirit was active in creation, Genesis 1:2, the formation of man, Genesis 2:7, and the overshadowed the birth, Luke…