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Turn-Around Tuesdays – When God Affirms Our Generous Choices!
“The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give … Continue reading
Turn-Around Tuesday – When Prosperity Brings Tension!
“And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, and there was … Continue reading
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Train Them Thursday – Focused On Faith!
“And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then as a widow to the age of … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Servant Leaders Are Sold Our Leaders!
“Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11, HCSB) Falling to … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Dealing With The Consequences of Selfishness!
“He treated Abram well because of her, and Abram acquired flocks and herds, male and female donkeys, male and female slaves, and camels. But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.” (Genesis … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Problems Reveal the Problem!
“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I … Continue reading
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Train Them Thursday – God Has Spoken!
“And when eight days had passed, so as to circumcise Him, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21, NASB95) And when eight days had passed, … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged angel, Bible, birth, blessing, circumcise, couple, difficulty, directive, disciple, emotion, fhourist, Finance, finances, financial, God, godly, heaven, Holy Spirit, husband, ive, Jesus, Joseph, Joseph and Mary, Law, leading, life, man, Mary, prompting, requirement, sacred, spirit, strain, text, thrive, wife, womb, Word of God
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Self-Inflicted Troubles!
“Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – God Protects Magnificent Marriages!
“Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.” (Genesis 7:1, CSB) For I have seen that you alone are righteous … Continue reading
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Faith Filled Friday – When Faith Is Weak!
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to … Continue reading
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