The Miracle of You!

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Truly appreciate the miracle of who you are. The fact that you are alive, you have eyes to see, ears to hear, hands to touch, feet to walk, imagination that you can dream! Focus on being thankful for all you do have. You have water to quench your thirst, the sun that warms you and the air you breathe. As you practice being thankful, expand the list of things that you are thankful for: e.g. family, friends, clothes, food, etc.

Excerpt from “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD” page 147 Available from Barnes/Amazon

“Bless the Lord oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2) 

And you will find GOOD in the day and the week ahead.

Who is to Blame? 

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Yes, we are all in the blame game ever since the Garden of Eden.

And the snake is still the great accuser of the brethren. But praise God we have an advocate with the Father, our Great High Priest who ever lives to make intercession for us because He took our place and paid the price for our guilt. He became our scapegoat, we no longer need to play the blame game looking for a scapegoat for we already have one.

And so you see the snake still doesn’t have a leg to stand on!

Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Purpose for the Hard Knocks in Life

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My favorite character from the Old Testament is Joseph and nobody can testify to those hard knocks in life more than he can. Being sold into slavery by his brothers.Then being imprisoned after being falsely accused by his owner’s wife. These hard knocks eventually opened doors to opportunity and greatness. Many years later his brothers had to face this man of great power in Egypt to whom Joseph simply replied “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good.” Genesis 20:50

When faced with those hard knocks we can also claim Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

What is a Half Truth?

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Be wary of distorting or bending the truth. Be not deceived into thinking a half truth is partly true to ease your conscience or to protect yourself or another. Even the father of lies tells half truths just as he distorted God’s words to Adam and Eve.

Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

Jesus warns the Pharisees in John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, from the beginning, he abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But rather chose to speak the truth in love Ephesians 4:15

Recognizing God’s Voice