Monthly Archives: January 2021

“In that day, people will gaze toward their Creator, and their eyes will look in faith toward the Holy One of Israel.   They will not be infatuated with the religious altars their own hands crafted, nor by what their own fingers have made, nor with their sacred groves [Asherim poles] or altars of incense.” (Isaiah 17:7-8) So what are the religious altars that are self-crafted and the things we lift up or exalt above God in a place called by…..

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“In the city of Jericho there lived a very wealthy man named Zacchaeus, who was the supervisor over all the tax collectors.  As Jesus made his way through the city, Zacchaeus was eager to see Jesus.  He kept trying to get a look at him, but the crowd around Jesus was massive.   Zacchaeus was a very short man and couldn’t see over the heads of the people.  So he ran ahead of everyone and climbed up a blossoming fig tree…..

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The days we are in are not days to despair.  They are not days that are absent from God or swallowed in darkness.   God is very much with us.   The days we are in are the days of the battle.  There is hope and expectation of what will come in the Spirit.   Like Joshua who took the Promised Land, there is promise fulfilled ahead as we press into it.   They are days of difficulty but also deliverance and breakthrough.  We…..

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The longings to do what is right are within me, but my own willpower is not enough to accomplish them.   Why can’t I seem to do what I desire and long to do?  Why does it seem I always fall short of this?      It is sin that is hindering me from being who I really am.   When I live following the path of least resistance and I am guided by the comforts, indulgences and/or comfortability, my mind-set is hindering…..

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