Author: Thomas
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Are You Trying To Go It Alone?
Prov 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. At first this verse seems pretty obvious. It certainly makes sense to know where you’re going if you have any hope of getting there. But there’s a more subtle message in there that speaks to the bride… Read more
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Slow Down!
How many times have we been in a hurry to get somewhere and found ourselves stuck in a slow moving line of traffic going through a construction zone? For some reason road construction in Fort Collins seems to be a city sport. Now, mind you, I am thrilled that the city keeps our roads in… Read more
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Dead Man Walking
What is it with all the infatuation with Zombies? Perhaps it’s just my age but I don’t get it. Then again, after some reflection this morning I think perhaps the Lord put it in perspective. Paul struggled with a “thorn in his side” that theologians have tried to discover since he admitted it (2 Cor… Read more
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I Am Poor And Needy
Early this morning I was once again dealing with an area of my life that has been a struggle over the years. As I lay in bed the enemy came in full force with condemnation for my failure. In truth, the issue isn’t a big one but even a little one in the hands of… Read more
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How Can We Be More Than?
Rom 8:36-37 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Paul quotes David here in verse 36 (Ps 44), where David was crying out to God concerning… Read more
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The North Side
How many times have we sung these verses in worship without really understanding what the psalmist was thinking about. Ps 48:1-2 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the… Read more
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The Mystery Of The Tolaith
Jesus quoted a part of David’s 22nd Psalm when He was on the Cross and those words were the ones that should have come out of our mouth: Ps 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? ESV These are words… Read more
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Pay Attention To Detail!
My first day in that wonderful fraternity known as Naval Aviation I heard an expression that was to be pounded into my brain everyday thereafter, throughout my Naval career… “Pay Attention To Detail.” Strangely enough it began with being told how to pay attention to how I folded my socks and underwear. But those words… Read more
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Keep The Fragrance
Ps 9:1-2 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. KJV We have to make a choice when it comes to praise. We must decide to either praise our Lord halfheartedly… Read more