Tag Archives: Overcoming

Swimming

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.  Selah.  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD. – Psalm 4:4-5 Ever lie in bed – your head swimming with the … Continue reading

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Weeds

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize … Continue reading

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The Courage to Follow Your Heart

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” – Romans 8:15   “Your heart is free.  Have the courage to follow it.”  … Continue reading

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Remodeled

Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until … Continue reading

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Indecision in Division

Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?” But when … Continue reading

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Skeptical

Skeptical: (adj)  Inclined to skepticism; having or showing doubt.    I am always impressed with words and the connotations they provide.  Take doubt for example.  To say that you doubt something has a negative connotation.  However, if you were to … Continue reading

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Battalions

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions…”  Hamlet Act IV, Scene 5   Shakespeare may have penned these words over 400 years ago, but he was by no means the first person to experience this phenomenon … Continue reading

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Keeping Your Edge

For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. – Proverbs 24:16 I was channel surfing yesterday when I came across a sports update featuring the results of a women’s downhill skiing … Continue reading

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Under Attack

Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, … Continue reading

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Out of the Dark

Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.  The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.  I have come into the world … Continue reading

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