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The God Who Includes All People

Jesus is the capstone, the cornerstone by which we access abundant life and eternal life. If you want to be a part of the kingdom you have to connect to the stone. We are burdened with sin, brokenness, we believe so many lies and Jesus is the only framework and foundation that will help us.

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A Splendid Torch

Today we remember 1.1 million men and women who ran the race for us and won the freedom we celebrate this day. Now we must answer their sacrifice with our own. We are called to a mighty purpose, to a cause worth its cost. We can do no more to honor their sacrifice.

We must do no less.

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The God of Absolute Truth

Jesus is the only one who said, “I am the way, the truth and the life.” My friend, if you are in Jesus and if Jesus is in you, you have everything you need to live this life successfully, today and in eternity.

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Growing in Self-Love

Christ has assured us, that we are loved exactly as we are, exactly as we have come to be in this moment. All the people we have been, have been loved. Let us root ourselves in that love and be bold and confident in how we make God a part of our lives.

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Yes, God is Real

Yes, God is real. His righteousness, revelation, and redemption give testimony of who He is and what he can do in our lives. This is the word of the Lord.

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Discovering Our Risen King

You know that you know that you know that you are a child of God when you persevere in the faith, in life’s ebb and flow. Be encouraged, the King loves you and desires for you an abundant life on this earth and in eternity.

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Palm Sunday: Hearing God’s Voice

Just a salesman must sell, a painter must paint, and a poet must write, humankind was created to worship. We worship Christ because of who He is, because of what He has done, and because we were created for worship.

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Finding Lasting Joy

Philippians 2 remind us that Christ experienced a criminal’s death for us. You will never experience true joy, until you pursue someone else: Jesus. We pursue good things that can become God things and they defeat us.

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A Resurrection Hope

Even when all seems to be lost, we can allow God to act on our hearts and the situation at hand. Perhaps, joining in the lament that is circling the globe will cause a ripple effect. Maybe -someday- God will grant us the compassion and empathy to hear those who suffer so that we all might receive the gift of resurrection; not only in our small circles of relationships, but in our world.

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Surprised By Healing

Whether we experience healing or not, our healer is more important, more prominent, than our healing. For He is with us, he is all powerful, and his wisdom is infinite.

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The Lost Son and Unexpected Grace

God sent his greatest treasure. God brings an overflow of God’s grace. We can choose to come home, or not. God wants to bring you home.

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Encounters on the Way to the Cross

God is calling us to become like Jesus. I invite you to join me this week to think, talk and act like Christ and when we do this, He will keep our minds and hearts in perfect peace. I’m in, will you join me?

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How God Kept His Promise in Christ Jesus

We are unable to keep the old covenant, Jesus is the New Adam. He is better than Noah and he invited us to a new relationship with him. Hallelujah to the king of kings and the Lord of Lords.

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The Covenant of Order

May we daily rely on God’s Spirit and His world to bring order to our lives and we are going to experience blessing. This is the word of the Lord.

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Loving as God Loves

May we be inspired to emulate God’s love in our own lives and spread His message of love and salvation to others, loving as God loves.

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The Promise of Relationship

My friends, we are a new people, a part of a new kingdom to glorify God with our words, our actions, our giving, our worship, our loving.

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The Promise of Blessing

God blesses us with security, prosperity and authority. This is the word of the Lord for us, my friends.

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The Promise Keeper Who Provides

We had no way out, so Christ was sent to rescue us, to take on the wrath of God for us and redemption is made for us so that you and I will forever remember what we read in Romans 8:1, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

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Promise Keeper: The God Who Redeems

Our God is faithful and He is our redeemer. He keeps His promise to us. This is the word of the Lord.

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Who or What is Your Guiding Star

Take your thoughts captive, place your trust in Jesus, live for Him, and “the God of peace will be with you.” This is the word of the Lord.

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