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Note (2): Imagination Can Fuel Fear
These following passages in the Bible show that imagination can sometimes get the best of our fears. (1) Genesis 32, 33: 6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” 7 In great fear and distress Jacob divided…
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Note (1): On Temptation vs. Trial
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. ~ 1 Cor. 10:13 ~ Some Bible versions like the NET Bible…
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(46) Faith & Tension
24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails,…
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(45) He Got A Look! ~ Faith is Getting a Look!
“… for we walk by faith, not by sight.” ~2 Cor. 5:7 If anyone follows the NBA or NCAA college basketball or really any basketball, has probably come across the expression: “He got a look!” When you hear a commentator yell, “He got a look!”, then the next thing that follows is a “Swish!!!” What…
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(44) To Trust is Not Necessarily to Love
In Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, the Countess of Roussillon says something interesting to her son, Bertram: “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none…” ~ I want to connect that with a verse in the Bible, viz., John 2:24 “But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people…”…
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(9′) Prayer Involves Reasoning from God to God
“’Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.’” ~ Isaiah 1:18 Prayer involves reasoning from God to God. That is to say, prayer involves reasoning: Who God is: In Daniel…
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(43) The Eye is a Lamp
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” ~ Matthew 6:22-23 Two stories: (1) So, I came home…
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(42) While on the Highway
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. ~ 1 Cor. 11:1 (NIV) ~ While driving on the highway, I was suddenly cut off by a van. The van came out of nowhere, cut me off and then continued on at breakneck speed. The van was for a painting company. I don’t know why…
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(41) Disengagement as a Form of Faith
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.~ Psm 4:8 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.~ Psalm 127:2 Disengagement is a form of…
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(8′) Jonah & Taking A Chance
~ In the story of Jonah, in the Old Testament, Jonah’s running away is the cause of stormy seas. And apparently, the only way that the stormy seas can be allayed is if Jonah is thrown into the sea. Here is an excerpt: 12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and…
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(7′) The Lord, God our RearGuard
Isaiah 52:12 says But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Comment/Devo:~ Isaiah is recognized by many scholars as a masterful writer. His Hebrew, while among the most difficult in the Bible, is also among the most…
The Dew and the Rain 