You Got to Expect It

(Luke 1:8-13)  Zechariah was on duty with his division of priests. As he served in God’s presence, he was chosen by priestly custom to go into the Lord’s temple to burn incense. All the people were praying outside while he was burning incense. Then, to the right of the incense...

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2020 Vision

(John 16:13) “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come”. When we live our lives guided by the...

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Blessed with the Favor of God

(Luke 1:27-29) 27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29Mary was greatly troubled at his...

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Time to Break Your Alabaster Jar

(Mark 14:3) While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Let us therefore come boldly unto...

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Push Forward

(2 Corinthians 5:16-17) So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! You...

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Faith Walking

(2 Corinthians 5:7) For we walk by faith, not by sight. Sometimes daily growth seems mi-neut or even nonexistent to us as believers. That’s why we must understand that daily sanctification requires an exercise of faith.  You may sometimes become frustrated with the subtle lack of progress. But get this,...

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The Pressure to Perform

(John 7 : 1-9)After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea,...

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Follow the Principle

(James 1:25) But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. If you follow the principle, you’ll get the result. We must do something to get an end result. ...

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New Rooms & New Patterns

(John 14:2) My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? God is saying, “I’m going to put you in rooms where you feel uncomfortable and you don’t want to say the...

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Be Sober

Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly…” So, what does it mean to be sober? It’s the opposite of being drunk. What does...

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