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Continue reading →: When Opposition Becomes an Opportunity
What is the definition of opposition? a resistance, something that is against you. In Mark 5:25-28, we read of a story of a woman who had an illness of 12 years, but one day her opposition became an opportunity. Mark 5:25-28 25 And there was a woman who had had a…
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Continue reading →: The Peace on God
“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” Phil. 4:7 This “peace of God” which Paul is talking about is beyond our power of thinking. It “surpasses all understanding” meaning it is beyond our ability to understand and to…
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Continue reading →: Hope Has a Name
HOPE HAS A NAME. GOD PROMISED in Genesis 3 THAT A SAVIOR WOULD COME TO BE THE GAP BETWEEN MAN AND GOD after the Fall. Genesis 3:14-15 ESV “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and…
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Continue reading →: Christ in the O.T.
There are so many stories that resemble Christ in the O.T. The Bible tells us this in John 1 1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that…
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Continue reading →: Cast Your Cares
Multiple times in the bible, it tells us to cast our burden and our anxieties to the Lord. We are not designed nor created to live this life on our own and by our own ability. God promises this. Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;he…
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Continue reading →: Decide to Abide – Part 2
What Jesus said in John 15:5 “For without Me you can do nothing.” He was stating that in our own prideful, selfish, ambitious ways we will never be able to live a life that is acceptable, holy and a consecrated vessel without being a branch that receives the nutrients it…
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Continue reading →: He Is More Than Able
Let’s look into our hearts, and our minds and ask ourselves, have we been limiting God in any way? Are we limiting Him to what we only think He can do? It may sound crazy for us to bring up this question, but God reminded Jeremiah and asked Him the…
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Continue reading →: Decide to Abide – part 1
Jesus described that the only way to bear fruit is to abide in Him. It is not from our own doing but rather depending on Him, the True Vine. “As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in…
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Continue reading →: Waiting on a Prayer
When I look at Hannah I see a reverent spirit. A Woman who prayed so hard she appeared to be drunk to those surrounding her. Can we imagine for a moment what that must have felt like for Hannah? Struggling with brokenness inside but yet having no hold on giving…
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Continue reading →: Darkness Cannot Overcome
With so much going on in the World today with the war in the Middle East and our own wars we have in our own lives with this flesh we can begin to set our minds on those thoughts, feelings, cares, and busyness of life. Fear begins to take root.…
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Continue reading →: Just a Thought
When things get dark or jumbled up too much to understand, that’s when I remember the brightest of all lights, the strongest of all lights, the strongest of all, and the one who defeats even the hardest of places to overcome. My Redeemer. My Savior. My Refuge. He lives in…
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Continue reading →: Rejoice Always
A time of discomfort and unsettling can so easily become our everyday norm. We get a sense of our feelings at being lost,not knowing how to get out of what we are in. It’s like a window we get to take a glimpse out of. We settle in the dirt,…
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Continue reading →: The Triumphal Entry
Matthew 21 21 1 “Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring…
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I’m Gary
An associate pastor, blogger, step-father and husband to my best friend, Katie. I hope what you read, equips you, empowers you and to learn something in this journey called faith.
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