Lay It Down

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For most of us, coming into a new year brings reflections on the year that has passed, and anticipation of what lies ahead.  Some of us make resolutions to be better people than we were the year before.  It is a time to begin again.
God likes new beginnings!  He offers hope to each [...]

He Is Our Peace

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Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Peace.  The world longs for it – peace between nations, peace between [...]

Forever Forgiven

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“It is finished!”  These were Jesus’ last words from the cross.  Sin and its curse were forever cancelled at that very moment.  The problem for some of us, however, is that in our minds we do not yet understand that our forgiven sin truly is finished.
Under the Covenant of the Law, sin was [...]

Sustaining Our Victory

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“When we get a breakthrough in prayer, we need to continue to pray to sustain it.”
It was a line in a sermon recently preached at The River Church, and it stuck with me.  Of course!  It helped me understand why I was praying the way I was.
There have been times I’ve prayed strenuously [...]

We Are the Wheat

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“The world is going to hell in a hand-basket.”  – How often have we heard it, from both Christians and unbelievers? Though we know our future is secure in Christ, it’s hard not to fret when school shootings, road rage, child abductions, terrorism, missing college students, spousal murders and cyber-bullying, just to name [...]