Category: Dying to Self
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Waive Your Rights
Thomas
I read a short piece a while back by my favorite daily encourager, Oswald Chambers, He addressed our challenge with self-interest and how living by faith often sets the issue of waiving our rights center stage. Let me share the challenge that the Holy Spirit set in front of me after I digested his thoughts.… Read more
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All In!
Thomas
I’m not a poker player but I’ve heard a well-turned phrase associated with the game…”All In.” That got me to thinking the other day about a lot of things that phrase applies to other than poker, and the one that stuck in my head concerned a verse from 1 Peter… 1 Peter 2:9 But you are… Read more
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A Piercing
Thomas
At one time or another we all have been or are dedicated to something, either positive or negative. Saul of Tarsus was dedicated to the Law, the feasts, and sacrifices that God laid out in His Word to Israel. But like all of the leaders in Israel, Saul went beyond his personal dedication “to God”… Read more
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Walk
Thomas
Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. I wonder what Abram thought when God commanded him… Gen 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I… Read more
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Cast Off
Thomas
There is something very sad in seeing a beautiful sailing ship sit, day after day, moored to the pier. She is made to take on the ocean and travel far and wide and yet there she is, with sails furled, dock-lines secured to the bollards, sheets coiled and decks empty of any activity. As you… Read more
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What Ought To Be
Thomas
James 1:23-24 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer… James made it very clear what we are to do and not to do with what we hear in the Word of God. Why? Because there are many believers who sit under sound preaching and teaching and nod their heads… Read more
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1440
Thomas
Suppose a wealthy man came up to you and informed you that he was putting $1,440 in your bank account every day for the rest of your life. Each and every day you had to spend it all, without any limitation on what or where you could spend it. But at the end of each… Read more
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Into The Darkness
Thomas
Have you ever been punished as a kid by being sent into your room without the light on? I have on occasion and it wasn’t a pleasant experience to say the least. They did, however, make an indelible impression on my mind of what happens in those minutes/hours. I found myself focusing on a few… Read more
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Let Not!
Thomas
I struggled in the past to get my mind and my soul around God’s command for me to begin taking life one day at a time because I didn’t get the connection to another part of His equation for my life. It has never been too hard for me to discern God’s will for my… Read more
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Don’t Be The Dead Sea!
Thomas
I wonder if Peter was sitting in his boat on the Sea of Galilee when he was inspired to write… 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: There he was, fishing in the clear water of the Sea of Galilee as… Read more