Peace IS Still

    Recently, while working on the church “40 Day Journey with Jesus” devotional books, I had copy-pasted the devotion sent in by our pastor’s wife, Pam Pettis (several staff shared devotions for the book). Pam’s devotion was about “peace”.  Using Jesus’ words, “Peace be still”, her devotion was powerful…

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Afterwards

  “Lord”, Simon Peter said to Him, “where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.” (John 13:36 Holman CSB) Oswald Chambers uses the KJV and I love the way it reads…“but thou shalt follow Me afterwards.”     Afterwards.I just have to tell you—those…

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God’s Obligation

By Gloria Powell IS  GOD  OBLIGATED  TO  US? I have heard sermons preached and statements made that if Gods’ people will do so and so… that God is obligated to bless that person with whatever they are asking. Namely perfect health, monetary prosperity, worldly gain and the list goes on,…

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Don’t Look Back…Keep on Going!

This is a re-run of an earlier post I published here–but I felt it significant for today…There is someone who stopped by here today–perhaps you’ve wandered from the fold–maybe even contemplated giving up… Don’t look back.  Keep going on for Christ Jesus.  No matter what the battle has been like…no…

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The Great I Am

  “Then Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the people of Israel and I tell them, The God of your fathers sent me to you’; and they ask me, “What is his name? What do I tell them.”      God said to Moses. I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the people of…

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