Archive for March, 2008

03 Cling to Your Blessing

Monday, March 31st, 2008

“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” Gen 12:10
Failure to remain in your position of blessing is a mistake that my haunt you the rest of your life. You may spend years wondering about the “what-ifs.” You [...]

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03 The Day the Roof Caved In

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job [...]

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02 Seeds of Conflict in the Life of a Bridge Builder

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.” Gen 12:5

The story of Abram is the [...]

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All Fluff and No Stuff

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

“And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?” Acts 19:15
“Presentation is everything…”

A certain minister at a recent minister’s conference made this statement. I don’t care to mention the name of the minister or what meeting I am speaking of, yet suffice it [...]

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01 A Bridge of Faith and Blessing

Friday, March 21st, 2008

The life and times of Abraham is covered in the last part of Genesis eleven through the first part of Genesis chapter twenty-five. An entire lifetime of faith, struggle, and accomplishment is covered in roughly fourteen chapters of the Book of Genesis. In the life of Abraham we find the Spirit of the Lord swooping [...]

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05 God and His People are a Package Deal

Friday, March 21st, 2008

“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.” Ruth 1:15

These are the words of Naomi to Ruth. In a last ditch effort to discourage Ruth from traveling to Bethlehem, she uses the example of Orpah. Many begin [...]

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04 Returning to Bethlehem

Friday, March 21st, 2008

“Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law [...]

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03 The Lukewarm in Adversity

Friday, March 21st, 2008

“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.” Ruth 1:1

Because of their convoluted thinking, the lukewarm seek to avoid adversity [...]

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02 Death in Moab

Friday, March 21st, 2008

“And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the [...]

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02 God’s Hedges

Friday, March 21st, 2008

“Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth [...]

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