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Carlie Terradez with Sid Roth from 'Messianic Vision' Carlie Terradez says many people struggle with their health because they don’t understand the nature of God to heal everyone. Carlie teaches you how to RECEIVE. ( click here to read more)

Born Again with Richard Hamlet from 'Ministry in the Marketplace' All over the world, even in our own country, homelessness is on the rise. People are hurting, broken, and trapped in addiction. This week, which is committed to sharing the hope of Christ by serving the poor. ( click here to read more)

La estrella milagrosa with Milton De los Santos from 'Momentos de la Creación' Mateo 2:1-2 "Cuando Jesús nació, en Belén de Judea, en días del rey Herodes, llegaron del oriente a Jerusalén unos sabios, preguntando: '¿Dónde está el rey de los judíos que ha
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The Coming Day 'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley
Nestled in the bowels of the state of Pennsylvania, Northeast of Pittsburgh, is a quiet little town of some six thousand or so residents. When you enter the town you are greeted by an enormous billboard that describes the town's most famous resident. When you read this billboard you realize that you are in that
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Dancing For Your Brother’s Sake 'The Way' from Kevin Pauley
Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together to discuss the situation. “What are we going to do?” they asked each other. “This man certainly performs many miraculous signs. If we leave him alone, the whole nation will follow him, and then the Roman army will come and destroy
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The Love of the Truth (4 of TBD) 'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington
Eve sinned. Adam sinned. From that standpoint, they were equally guilty before God, their Creator. The way they sinned was significantly different. Eve sinned due to deception (see 1 Timothy 2.14). Adam sinned because his affection for other things or people exceeded his devotion to God. Our study today will explore these
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Daily Light on the Daily Path Morning / Evening Devotional December 12
The Lord is in the midst of thee.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your
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Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" A Quiet Heart
"In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Isaiah 30:15
It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mis-trusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything by fearing and fuming? Do we not unfit ourselves for action and unhinge our minds for wise decision? We are sinking by our
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Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Morning and Evening for January 20
"Abel was a keeper of sheep."
- Genesis 4:2
As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first streak of light which
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Voice of the Lord Devotional for 'Kislev 14'
I once heard it said that every gift and every talent that the Lord bestows upon us is given with someone else in mind. In other words, he wants us to share all we receive. Our job is to receive, then turn around and give it way!
In the above Scripture, Rabbi Sha'ul (Saul; i.e., Paul) exhorts Timothy to pass on all he has been taught to faithful ones who
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Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life Fore!
Professional golf has returned for the 2004 tour. The Professional Golfers Association is in Hawaii right now playing in absolutely stunning surroundings at picture postcard venues in balmy weather. All this serves to get the itch going for guys like me who are anxious to get back on the course. Winter is a tough time
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'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes Lop-sided Christians
We continue to look at the dramatic change in the life of the psalmist when he entered into the sanctuary. It is important to realise that it was not merely the physical act of entering the sanctuary that brought about change. That was important, but something else happened that was even more important. Listen again to
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Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Morning / Evening Devotional December 12
The average person in the world today, without faith and without God and without hope, is engaged in a desperate personal search and struggle throughout his lifetime. He does not really know what he is doing here. He does not know where he is going. The sad commentary is that everything he is doing is being done on borrowed time, borrowed money and
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The Believer's Daily Remembrancer Ask what I shall give thee. - 1 Kings 3:5
Ask what I shall give thee. - 1 Kings 3:5 We are not straitened in our God; He has boundless resources, and is constantly calling upon us to ask and receive. What do we want this morning? Is it not more holiness? We want our understandings enlightened, our wills brought into perfect conformity to the will of God, and our affections fixed
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The majority doesn't determine morality
It's always nice to be able to point to the polls when they support your position. But polling, when done accurately, does nothing more than tell you what other people think. And just because you have the majority on your side doesn't mean you are right.
Need of the hour: True shabbath rest
God made rest an ordinance and a command as direct provision against work as well as an antidote and blessing that would offset the poison of sin and the curse it incurred.
Are millennials coming back to church?
"The rise of the nones" is the attention-grabbing phrase used to describe the well-documented increase in the percentage of Americans who, when queried by survey researchers about their religious identification, say "none."
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Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, December 12th, 2019 the Second Week of Advent
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Today in Christian History
1712
The South Carolina colony passed a "Sunday Law" requiring "all...persons whatsoever" to attend church each Sunday, to refrain from skilled labor, and to do no traveling by horse or wagon beyond the necessary. Infractions of this law were met with a 10-shilling fine and/or a two-hour lock-up in the village stocks.
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Daily Reading Plan
Bible-in-a-Year NIV
Ezekiel 18; Isaiah 47; Philippians 1:1-11:
The word of the came to me:“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign , you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.“Suppose there is a righteous
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