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A Sinful Woman Forgiven, Jesus’ Greatest Miracle: Meditations on Luke 7:36-50
The Bible never named her. The Bible doesn’t give her life story. The Bible doesn’t record any words spoken from her lips. But, this woman found in Luke 7:36-50 experienced the greatest miracle that could ever be experienced by any human being. In this blog post, I want to share with you why this miracle…
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Delight in the LORD and I will get what my heart desires? Meditations on Psalm 37:4
In my youth as a young believer, Psalm 37:4 was a life verse of mine. At the time, the application of this verse seemed pretty simple. “All the desires of my heart were promised to me if I would just delight in the LORD.” I mean, who wouldn’t love this verse? My prayer is that…
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Drawing Near to God: Meditations on James 4:8
James 4:8, “Draw near to God, and He will draw to you.” We get invites to dinner parties, to important celebrations and to share experiences with those we love. James 4:8 gives us this most amazing invitation to “draw near to God”. I will be sharing my meditations from James 4:8, a verse that speaks…
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Deborah the Judge: Warrior of True Faith
Though there are many faith-filled women in the Bible, in my opinion, among the top is a woman we find in the book of Judges named Deborah. No more information is given about this exceptional woman except that she is the wife of Lappidoth and a prophetess who He raised up as Israel’s fourth Judge…
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Rahab the Prostitute: The Unlikely Woman of Faith
Imagine being known throughout human history by your most shameful sin, your greatest regret, your biggest failure. As inspired in the Word of God by the Holy Spirit, the Canaanite woman named Rahab is referred to as “Rahab the prostitute” five times. And yet with such a title, she stands among the great people of…
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What does it mean for us to pray in Jesus’ Name? Meditations on John 16:26-27
In the Book of John, during the last hours before His unlawful arrest, Jesus taught His disciples some of the most profound and important Christian doctrines, in my opinion (John 14-16). His teachings are truly spirit and life (John 6:63, 68). Embedded in these few chapters of John is where Jesus introduced the instruction for…
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Women’s Ministry: Meditations on Titus 2:3-5
When we think about women’s ministry, we need to be asking ourselves, “What is it about this ministry that makes it unique for Christian women?” This answer is so significant, for there is no other church ministry that can specifically disciple women to flourish in Christ by fulfilling their God-given roles as the women of…
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Why The Suffering? Meditations on the Steadfast Faith of Job
Suffering is a universal theme. Suffering knows no boundaries of peoples, times, or cultures. The sufferings in this world has always been and will always be the same from the beginning of time under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). But for the Christian, there is hope against all hope in the midst of suffering (Romans 4:18).…
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Sex and Spiritual Warfare in Marriage: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 7:5
One area of life constantly under attack by Satan is the Christian’s sex life. Whether someone is a single Christian or a married Christian, Satan will bring temptations in order to destroy the Christian testimony with sexual sins. Sexual sins are lured by uncontrolled sexual desires (James 1:14-15) and come from the heart (Matthew 15:19).…
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“Whoever spares the rod…” What does God’s Word say about physically disciplining our children?
Parenting my six children have opened my eyes to the complexity and necessity of wise disciplining, which includes the use of physical discipline. Every child is unique and require different ways of training. As parents, we do our best to train our children by being examples and teaching with our words. One child may require…