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(38) Job and Multiplying Thoughts, Emotions and Words
In the book of Job in the Bible, after Job is hit with harsh trials, he is initially calm. His early/first response is, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” (Job 1:21) Even when his wife tells him to curse God and die, he refuses. His…
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(37) Flubs, Glubs, Goofs, and Gaffes ~ More Than 70
~ Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven. ~ Matt 18:21-22 Offense is often taken when one is sinned against. Why? A sin is something…
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(36) On What is Counterfeit
How do we know what is real and what is counterfeit? ~ Well. We first need to be well-acquainted with the real, before the counterfeit. Counterfeits are always parasitical upon the originals. We need to spend more time with the truth, than with a lie. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble,…
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(35) Negativity Bias & Miserable Comforters
You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! ~ Job 14:4 “I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! ~ Job 16:2 It turns out we humans are naturally inclined to think more negatively than positively — a tendency researchers call negativity bias. This…
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(34) The Rearguard
“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 rearguard. ~ Isaiah 52:12 When Israel left Egypt and went out marching through the wilderness for 40 years, who was at the back? Who was at the tail-end, behind everyone…
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(33) Diligently Seeking Good but…
He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him. ~ Prov. 11:27 (LEB) ~ Seeking the good requires diligence and effort in a fallen world and there is NO guarantee that you will get it. ~ Seeking evil requires only a mere inquiry and it will…
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(32) Fact Checking Our Imaginations ~ Fear
“We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” ~ Numbers 13:3 “And they said to each other, ‘We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.’” ~ Numbers 14:4 ~ When we go through…
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(31) Fear is All There Is…
“And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are 400 men with him.” 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. . . . He thought, “If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape.” 9 And Jacob said, “O…
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(30) Getting to the God’s Will . . .
Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm … Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. ~ Jonah 1:15, 17 ~ If something is God’s will, then that will come about in…
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(29) Is God For Me?
… If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? … ~ Romans 8:31 Suppose you set out to take care of some project. The first thing that happens…
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(28) On Travelling Light
“ . . . let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Heb. 12:1-2). You’ve got to travel light. Every once in a while, life becomes…
The Dew and the Rain 