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John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. Rage, hatred and unforgivness are running rampant in society today. It is an indication that those who practice these traits do not have Jesus in their hearts through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Some who practice these things even claim to be Christians, but in all actuality, perhaps because of their up bringing, they are spiritually dysfunctional. The Bible tells us that you wi...

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1 Peter 2:4-6 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. I visited my nephew’s monument in Wurzburg, Germany a couple years after he was killed, in the last hours of Operation Desert Storm, the first Persian Gulf war. I went to se...

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Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field In the previous verses, Jesus had been going all around the area, healing the sick, casting out demons and he even brought a young girl back to life. Many people had heard about all of this and had come to where he was, and he said to his disciples that all these people were like lost sheep without a shepherd. The above referenced verses are not referring to the autumn season in which most crops are harvested...

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Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. I am 66 years old and I have now been a believer, longer than a nonbeliever. My supernatural spiritual gifts from the beginning, and continues to be, encouragement and service. I have learned many spiritual truths over the years, but none more important than the verse referenced above. As an encourager and a service oriented individual, you can imagine that over the years, it has been necessary to repeatedly exercise the traits described in the verse referenced above. The ...

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Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven From an early age I started searching for the purpose/meaning of life. I will soon be sixty-two years old, and I just recently discovered the answer to the question that has eluded me for all these many years. It is my pleasure to share the answer...

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Exodus 32:1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him. Before I was a Christian and first read the accounts in the Book of Exodus about how Moses went up Mount Sinai and received from God the 10 Commandments, and what he saw when he returned to the base of the mountain where the children of Israel were camped. As a result of their sin many people died that day when Moses came bac...

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“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven Matthew 5:14When a tinsmith or candlemaker makes a lamp or candle, they know in advance the purpose for which that lamp or candle was created. It was created to provide light in the darkness. And so it is with you. We are told in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s...

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2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love I was inspired to write this devotional, referencing the verse above on Friday, and I started writing it at around lunchtime on Saturday. Have you ever had a day that begins when the sun comes up and everything looks so beautiful, and you had joy in your heart, and you could really relate to the verse referenced above. Later that same day however, a storm rolls in that threatens to rob you of the peace, joy and contentment you had had earlier...

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Matthew 22:36-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments I knew a man for many years that had terrible health problems. I am amazed that he didn't go into a nursing home many years ago. With the help and support of a very good and compassionate neighbor however, and then hospice, he continued to live a...

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