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FROM FRUSTRATION TO FULFILLMENT: THE EMPTY NET

And saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. – Luke 5:2   REFERENCE Luke 5:1-10   Yesterday we started a series on “Frustration,” which the dictionary defined as, “The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change […]
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FROM FRUSTRATION TO FULFILLMENT

But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.”  – II Kings 6:5   REFERENCE II Kings 6:1-7   The dictionary defines frustration as “the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to […]
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THE SUBTLENESS OF SIN

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” ~ Psalm 1:1 REFERENCE: Psalm 1:1-6   It is often said, “If the devil came as a two-horned beast draped in a red cape with a pitchfork, many […]
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RETURN TO THE LORD

“Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.” ~ Hosea 6:1 REFERENCE: Hosea 5:14-6:3 In the previous chapters, God accused Israel (Ephraim) of the sin of idolatry and harlotry. He sent prophet after prophet to point out their […]
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OH, WHAT A GOOD GOD!

“…But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.” ~ Nehemiah 9:17   REFERENCE: Nehemiah 9:13-27   I knew the above verse early in my Christian walk. I understand that the virtues in the verse separate our God from other gods. If they claim […]
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GOD IS WORKING

“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.” ~ John 9:2-3   REFERENCE: John 9:1-7   Trouble sometimes comes back-to-back and never seems to diminish. I have experienced days like that; […]
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ACT ON THE WORD

“Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?”– II Kings 7:3   REFERENCE: II Kings 7:1-8   Nothing moves until you move; this truth is one of Newton’s laws of motion: ‘Every object will remain in a position […]
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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING

“…whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”– John 4:14   REFERENCE: John 4:6-15   In the business world, there is residual income; the money continues to flow after […]
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SPIRITUAL LEGACY

“For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.” ~ Acts 20:29   REFERENCE: Acts 20:26-36   Paul significantly invested in leaving a spiritual legacy. He gathered this group on the eve of his travel and told them what to expect from the enemy after his […]
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BLESSING IN THE BROKEN PIECES

“…And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.” ~ Matthew 14:19   REFERENCE: Matthew 14:13-21   On the day Jesus had a multitude to feed, the miracle was not in the […]
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