Dear God, Thank you for the privilege of being able to commune with you through prayer. Thank you for speaking to me through your Word and teaching me through life's circumstances. Thank you for the beautiful birds that sing such a lovely song, for the sun that shines, for the rain that cools and replenishes the thirsty earth...and provides water for us to drink. I pray for those in lands where there is famine or flood; that you would balance the weather and provide their needs. Please reveal yo…
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Added by tigerchat on November 2, 2009 at 10:28pm —
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The Spiritual Test
We can all remember our school days when we were faced with exams. We spent all day in school-and still we panicked when it came to test time.
Why? Perhaps it's because our time in the classroom was only one part of the learning process. The other part was time at home engaging with the material through homework, worksheets, and flashcards-all designed to prepare us for exams and to make sure we had a grasp of the material and were headed in the right direction.
The exam bro…
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Added by tigerchat on November 2, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Today's Prayer
Dear God, We all make mistakes, all humans that is. We all pay consequences, often not easy to deal with. Some mistakes affect our health, our jobs, our rights, our futures, our comfort, our ministries. They usually touch other people's lives, not just our own. All mistakes give opportunity for life-changing lessons. I pray for anyone and everyone who is spending time with your through this devotional, and for their family members, who have made mistakes and are facing the consequ…
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Added by tigerchat on November 2, 2009 at 9:38pm —
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Where Do You Stand?
"nor standeth in the way of sinners..." Psalm 1:1
Where do you stand? What is your belief system? Have you looked at it, truly examined your beliefs and your actions? If so, are they aligned?
Who you stand with often suggests where you stand, not just physically, but emotionally, philosophically, and yes, spiritually.
you stand with those who do not believe in one husband and one wife long enough, just like the odor of cigarette smoke, the chances are good that this beli…
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Added by tigerchat on October 26, 2009 at 12:19am —
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Empower Your Tongue With The Word Of God
There are literally hundreds of Bible verses dealing with "the tongue" ...about what we should or shouldn't say or speak...and the power of words over our lives.
One of the bluntest statements on this topic is found in Proverbs 18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue...
God's Word encourages us to give expression to our noblest and highest thoughts. Thoughts give rise to spoken words. When we "speak life" we are thinking and expressing out…
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Added by tigerchat on October 15, 2009 at 11:52pm —
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"When Is My Season?"
Is. 30:18 'But GOD'S not finished. He¹s waiting around to be gracious to you.
He¹s gathering strength to show mercy to you. GOD takes the time to do
everything right. Those who wait around for him are the blessed ones.' The
Message
God is not in our time. God does not operate in the the realm that we operate
in. There is really not a set time that God will show up in our situations.
I know our church choirs like to sing songs like, "He's right on time" or
"God is a right n…
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Added by tigerchat on October 5, 2009 at 2:03am —
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Today's Prayer
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:3-5). Dear Lord, please work through me and guide me so that I will have the mind of Christ in all I do. Help me, that I will not do anything in the flesh and out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but that I…
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Added by tigerchat on October 5, 2009 at 1:40am —
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"Tempters"
Luke 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come:
but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone
were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one
of these little ones.
Temptations are sometimes hard to resist. And many times they lead us into
sin or other kinds of calamities. But here, Jesus is addressing the people
that are doing the tempting and saying that if you are temp…
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Added by tigerchat on September 29, 2009 at 9:55pm —
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"Pulling It Down"
2Cor. 10:4 '(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)'
A stronghold is a cave like the one David hid in from his son to protect his life.
It's a cave in the mountain where you could hide and then place a rock in
front of it to disguise it as the mountain. Once you were in there, no one
would know because the rock looked like the mountain. Well, in the spirit
realm, a stronghold is the same thing. It's a place…
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Added by tigerchat on September 25, 2009 at 1:34am —
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"Pulling It Down"
2Cor. 10:4 '(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)'
A stronghold is a cave like the one David hid in from his son to protect his life.
It's a cave in the mountain where you could hide and then place a rock in
front of it to disguise it as the mountain. Once you were in there, no one
would know because the rock looked like the mountain. Well, in the spirit
realm, a stronghold is the same thing. It's a place…
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Added by tigerchat on September 25, 2009 at 1:30am —
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"The World May Love You, But God Doesn't Know You!"
Luke 16:15 'Then Jesus said to them, ³You like to look good in public, but
God knows your evil hearts. What this world honors is an abomination in the
sight of God.' NLT
The church, the bible, and our Christianity is nothing to play with. Some
things are just not funny. And the reason being, is that we must keep the
church, the word, and the leaders of the church in a position to change the
world. Sure, we as Christians can enjoy fun in the c…
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Added by tigerchat on September 18, 2009 at 12:29am —
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"Prayed About It? . . . Now Change!"
James 4:17 'Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do
it.' NLT
Some of the most frequently used phrases of Christians today are, "Let me
pray about it" or "I'm praying about it!" We like to sometimes use prayer
as an out for our habits and frequent mistakes because we can say we are
praying about it or working on it without producing any results. Sure, we
are to pray without ceasing. But what are you gonna do after you have
prayed? I'…
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Added by tigerchat on September 16, 2009 at 11:33am —
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"Be You And No One Else!"
Galatians 5:26 'That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as
if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting
things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.' - The Message Bible
God is the creator of all things. He creates and his very nature is
creative! If he made us in his image, then that means that we are creators
as well. Not cloning others, but we should be innovative, creative, and
original in our callings and gi…
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Added by tigerchat on September 14, 2009 at 10:25am —
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Spiritual Soldiers
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes..." Ephesians 6:11-17
One of the realities we all come to is that sometimes we are in the right fight but with the wrong people. We believe we are really at odds with a co-worker, another church member, or even the person we are in a relationship with. But when we come to the realization that it's not the individual we struggle against, but the spirit that is controlling them we can sh…
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Added by tigerchat on September 13, 2009 at 1:37am —
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"Joy Thief"
Neh. 8:10 'And Nehemiah continued, ³Go and celebrate with a feast of choice
foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing
prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don¹t be dejected and sad,
for the joy of the LORD is your strength!'
When God does something good in your life, or uses you to help others, it
makes you feel good. You get a good feeling about yourself and you begin to
feel that you helped to accomplish something wonderful for the Ki…
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Added by tigerchat on September 11, 2009 at 10:32pm —
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"You Get What You Give!"
2Cor. 9:6 'But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also
sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.'
So many of us are suffering from a lack of love. We don't feel loved at
times or we feel like we can't trust people. It's hard to love without trust
because you must first trust to love. Well, we must realize that when we do not
trust people, we never allow them the chance to love us. And when we sow
mistrust, we reap a lack of l…
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Added by tigerchat on September 10, 2009 at 1:09am —
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Is There A Mouse In The House?
Most all Christians go through some sort of spiritual warfare in life. The intensity of an attack can temp us to run and hide in fear. Jesus faced several incidents of spiritual warfare during His earthly ministry, such as His encounter with the devil in the wilderness.
Before His ascension into heaven, He descended into hell, took the keys out from Satan's hand, and set captivity free. So why are some of us running in fear from a devil that doesn't even have th…
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Added by tigerchat on September 1, 2009 at 1:16am —
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"Don't Fail The Test"
Matt. 4:10 'Get out of here, Satan, Jesus told him.' For the
Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.
Then theDevil went away, and angels came and cared for Jesus.'
This is a very inspiring story. Jesus had fasted for 40 days in the
wilderness and when it was over, he was very hungry. So, what does
God do? The bible says that the Spirit lead him to be tested. God
always tests us before we are able to rise to the next level in our
lives. We hear…
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Added by tigerchat on August 29, 2009 at 7:40am —
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"Somebody is Watching You!"
Col. 3:17 'And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the
Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.'
It is a shame when a person that is professing to be a Christian can go to
work for years and years and no one at their job is ever lead to Christ by
them. It is a shame how a person can be a Christian and yet live in a house
for years and years with an unsaved spouse and never lead them to Christ.
Funny how they can app…
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Added by tigerchat on August 19, 2009 at 8:21pm —
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
The subject of the Holy Spirit is one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted subjects among Christians and non-Christians. Many people are afraid to hear sermons about the Holy Spirit because of incorrect teachings they may have received in the past. The topic of speaking in tongues and the gifts of the Spirit are often shunned as a result. However, the Holy Spirit is real. He desires to work through you so that you can experience the power that God ordained every…
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Added by tigerchat on August 5, 2009 at 1:37am —
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