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Persistence & Peace…
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9 (NLT) PHILIPPIANS 4 SERIES - PART 5 I have this ‘pet-dislike’ for the phrase “and the rest is...
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What are you thinking about?
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Phil 4:8 (NLT) PHILIPPIANS 4 SERIES - PART 4 In 2012, 1...
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Give Peace a Chance
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:7 (NLT) PHILIPPIANS 4 SERIES - PART 3 Yesterday we looked at v6 which teaches us to not worry and pray about...
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Rejoice
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Philippians 4:4 (NLT) PHILIPPIANS 4 SERIES - PART 1 Joy is that one emotion we could all do with more of! But often we mistake joy as a result of good fortune when, in fact, it is a choice to be happy… Because...
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Beloved…
About Benjamin, he said, “Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.” Deut 33:12 (NLT) Moses had led the Israelites as far as he would through the desert, and in the last days...
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The unpopular prophet…
But the Lord stands beside me like a great warrior. Before Him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. Jer 20:11 (NLT) Jeremiah was an unpopular prophet. The message God had given him to speak to the children of Israel were warnings of where their unbelief...
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It is not too late…
But there’s also this, it’s not too late. God’s personal Message! “Come back to me and really mean it! Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins!” Joel 2:12 (The Message) The book of Joel is a prophetic book, and there are many discussions and different...
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Who are you?
Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Matt 16:15 (NLT) Jesus asked the disciples who people were saying He, the son of man, is. They replied "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Then Jesus asked them a very...
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Kept Safe
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. Prov 29:25 (NIV) When I was a teenager, I wasn’t really frightened of many things. My mates and I would frequent the local swimming hole on hot days, where we’d climb up into a huge Gum...
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Prayer
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16 (NKJV) I used to read this verse and think "am I righteous enough to avail much? Are God and I on good...
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