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June 2015 Blog Posts (39)

How Solid is your Foundation?

How Solid is your Foundation? Matthew 7.24-29

“Where were you?” It was a common question every time you saw someone you knew. ‘Where were you when the earthquake hit?’ Many folks in the San Francisco Bay Area were in front of their television sets watching the World Series, since the SF Giants were playing the team from across the Bay, the Oakland Athletics. Me? I was driving into my parents’ long driveway in Alameda, my hometown about 12 miles east of San…

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Added by Christine on June 15, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

Night

I stood on the mountain top watching the western sky become a blaze of glory while to the east nature gently covered the land with her soft shadows.

Added by Edward Klassen on June 12, 2015 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Courage and the Narrow Path

. Matthew 7.24-27

Why choosing it is absolutely critical!

“What will the transition be like?” she asked me with a weak voice. “You know, I’m scared, and I really don’t want to be alone.” Lying on her hospital bed near the big picture window in her bedroom, Raquel turned her head a little bit and cut her eyes to take in my answer. She was talking about dying. You see, she wanted to know what it might be like to take her last breath…

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Added by Christine on June 12, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

How do you know if you are on the Narrow Path?

How do you know if you are on the Narrow Path? Matthew 7.13-23

Sometimes it feels like “anything goes”. Whatever makes you happy, then that’s…

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Added by Christine on June 11, 2015 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The Narrow Path to God.

The Narrow Path to God. Matthew 7.13-14; John 14.6

Good Day. …

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Added by Christine on June 10, 2015 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Armor of God

Spiritual strength and courage are needed for our spiritual warfare and suffering. Those who would prove themselves to have true grace, must aim at all grace; and put on the whole armour of God, which he prepares and bestows. The Christian armour is made to be worn; and there is no putting off our armour till we have done our warfare, and finished our course. The combat is not against human enemies, nor against our own corrupt nature only; we have to do with…

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Added by Christopher Kendall on June 9, 2015 at 11:33pm — No Comments

Jesus comes Out. Tis a Difficult Thing … who can abide it?

Jesus comes Out. Tis a Difficult Thing … who can abide it? Matthew 7.13-14

So an Orthodox Jew, a Hindu and a Christian walk into a bar… no, not really—they are sitting in the same tight airplane row, flying from Dallas to Boston. The Christian is studying with great concentration her course material she will begin in another day. …

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Added by Christine on June 9, 2015 at 4:00pm — No Comments

How the Narrow Gate shapes our Lives

. Matthew 7.13-14

Ah, but there is more to be said about Jesus’ description of the narrow gate and the wide gate. He said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Nothing is more evident in our choices of gates than the decisions we make regarding living…

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Added by Christine on June 8, 2015 at 4:20pm — No Comments

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Added by DOROTHY on June 8, 2015 at 1:44pm — No Comments

The last Healing

Do you know that the first compound name that the Lord revealed to the Israelites after they came out of Egypt was Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals you? It was as if He was telling them, as they began their new life with Him, that He had already healed them of all the diseases and pains they suffered when they were in bondage in Egypt. Indeed, when He brought them out of Egypt, “there was none feeble among His tribes”. (Psalm 105:37)

Today, just as the Israelites were delivered from…

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Added by David Moxon on June 5, 2015 at 10:18am — No Comments

Abide In Christ by Andrew Murray

Started my daily reading time with this book, you know the kind a chapter for every day.

I did answer the call to "Come unto me", I repented, was born again,filled with his spirit. I've song the song "If you abide in me and my word abide in you etc" but today a light bulb turned on or got a little brighter. I do not wake up everyday and wonder am I worthy to live in my house, to abide in my house. The rent is paid it's kept pretty clean and tidy. I have even decorated and taken the…

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Added by Arnie on June 4, 2015 at 6:46am — No Comments

Our Choices Define Us

Our Choices Define Us. Matthew 7.13-14

When I exited the church building on Sunday, I was caught in a driving rainstorm on one of Cambridge’s little side streets in the historic area of town; there were no taxis to be hailed, no respite to be had in dry transport. (Oh, and by the way, during the worship service, a strange alarm had sounded; though I did not find out the reason until later, the alarm was signaling flash flooding all around the area.)…

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Added by Christine on June 4, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

Preaching: Use Your Head!

...Of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.—…

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Added by Tammy on June 3, 2015 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Discipline and the Narrow Gate

Discipline and the Narrow Gate. Matthew 7.13-14

Consider this epitaph from a boxer in ancient Greece:

“Here he died boxing in the stadium – Having prayed to Zeus for a wreath or death. Age 35. Farewell.” [from an unearthed monument]

Second place was not an option for this competitor; he died going for the gold. Actually, the Greek word for ‘victory’ was Nike. The ancient world was very familiar with her…

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Added by Christine on June 3, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

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The Seventh Chapter

The Seventh Chapter.

Hi. I am in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to take a dispute resolution class at Harvard’s Law School this week. The schedule is rigorous, intense, and demanding, but will be beneficial to my equipping as a minister of Jesus to many folks worldwide. There are some travel stories as I made my way across country that I hope to weave into the Morning Briefings.

Nonetheless, I am mindful that we have just come through an intense passage…

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Added by Christine on June 2, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Seventh Chapter

The Seventh Chapter.

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Added by Christine on June 2, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments

Stressed out – what to do about it

Stressed out – what to do about it. Philippians 4.4-9

Landing in Boston late last night (Saturday), I looked to find a church within walking distance of Harvard Square this morning. Took me a while to find (on-line) a…

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Added by Christine on June 1, 2015 at 6:00am — No Comments