In Matthew chapters 24 and 25 the disciples asked Jesus what the signs of His return would be. In His reply, Jesus gives His followers two parables to describe the two types of believers in the last days. This was a prophetic teaching because it described a time two thousand […]
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“Are there any believers in your fellowship suffering great hardship and distress? Encourage them to pray! Are there happy, cheerful ones among you? Encourage them to sing out their praises! Are there any sick among you? Then ask the elders of the church to come and pray over the sick and […]
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I drip with sweat from every pore as I labor in my garden this summer, knowing that with every detoxifying droplet, I am creating a thing of beauty. Time in my vegetable and flower beds has produced (see how I did that?) thoughts on buds. Every plant has that beginning […]
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There’s a feeling of accomplishment in the air at the Leach household these days that feels pretty darn good! My husband and I self-published our respective manuscripts this spring, his April 2 and mine April 27, 2021. Both were long-term projects taking four years to research, write, edit, revise, format […]
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God tells us to be a voice against anarchy and disorder. Using 2 Thessalonians 2 as a basis, this post urges Christians to release the Holy Spirit within them through the power of their prayers to hold back lawlessness in the earth.
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How I faced my fears and took them to God. Now that I have your attention, please allow me to reassure you this will not be a lengthy confessional or days long diary (God spare us because who cares?). Anyone who knows me has seen my faith and inner strength. […]
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“Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward” – Hebrews 10:35 NKJV I’m writing this post for my family and many friends in the state of Florida who are hunkered down behind shuttered windows waiting for hurricane Dorian to pass. Hopefully, their electricity is on so they can […]
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After my husband divorced me in spring 1992, I was a thirty-four-year-old, emotionally devastated, beautiful but angry woman. An angry heart corrupts physical beauty because as hard as we try to mask it, anger ekes out through our tone, facial expressions, words, and behaviors. Those two years subsequent to the […]
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Have you ever felt the pleasure of God? It comes in an instant … for me, I sense Him smiling at me; I sense His pride in me at that moment. The pleasure of God brings a deep inner knowing that He has seen your sacrifices, heard your heart cries, […]
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I, Paul, a special agent of Christ Jesus, writing to you faithful believers in Ephesus. I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ. God of Detail How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the […]
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