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Seeds produce life. Soil is important. Water is necessary. Sunlight is irreplaceable. But if there is no seed, life cannot spring forth. The same is true where God’s Word is concerned. “My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:21-22). When the challenges of life come, remember to nurture the seed of God’s Word. It will become alive in your heart and produce blessing in your life. 

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Run your own race apart from the thoughts and opinions of others. Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Son to redeem us. We are the apple of His eye. What He thinks of us matters. His opinion of us is the only opinion that matters. Our material world is constantly trying to get us to think that what others think of us is of utmost importance. Such beliefs have caused some of us to compile mountains of debt purchasing things we cannot afford in order to fashion a lifestyle for people who, in the end, really don’t care. True freedom is the freedom from the thoughts and opinions of others.

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Sacrifice is a way of life for the Christian. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1 NKJV). We are living sacrifices which simply means that we are to yield our will to the will of God. The bible calls this sacrifice our “reasonable service“. Just as in traffic we yield, or let the other guy go first, our lives should be dedicated to allowing God and His Word to take preeminence in our lives. And as we live for Him in totality, His life is glorified here in the earth through each and every one of us.

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Kindness in a world full of confusion and chaos can be a hard commodity to come by. Our kindness can be misinterpreted as weakness as well as a host of other things. Yet in Romans 2:4 we see that it’s the kindness of the Lord that leads one to repentance. We as His children have an opportunity as never before to exude that kindness. The more impatient and harsh those who have no hope become, the brighter our light should shine! What a glorious time we live in!

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I Trust You. No other words encapsulate vulnerability. No other words exemplify surrender. And I believe that there are no other words more endearing to our heavenly Father than the three simple words “I Trust You”. Trust removes us from the drivers’ seat and places the true driver in control of our lives. After all, He’s a much better driver than we are. Praise is wonderful. Giving is a blessing to both the giver and to the receiver. Intersession has it’s place but nothing is more precious than trust.

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Focus your attention on the things of God and you’ll deal with problems with the greatest of ease. Why and how can this be? Because your problem will become a blur. It’ll be reduced to background noise in your life. The bible has a lot to say about the mind and what we focus our attention on. Colossians 3:2 tells us to set our minds on things above, not on earthly things. When we set our minds on something, everything else becomes a blur and what we focus on becomes larger than life. When we set our minds on the Word of God the walk of faith becomes a cake walk.

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Giving up our rights, in most instances would be considered a bad thing. In fact, just uttering those words can conjure up anxiety within us. However, giving up our right to understand how God is moving in our lives is the first step toward strong faith. Protesting against God’s Word simply because we don’t understand what He’s doing is akin to us feeling the need to give Him approval in what He wants to do in our lives in order to proceed. Let’s give up our right to understand, and simply believe.

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Never fear…..this simple statement seems like an impossibility to some. We’re living in challenging times. In some instances it seems like the spirit of common sense and decency left to room long ago. But never fear….God is still on the Throne. If we read the back of the book we know that no matter how bad things may look, the Kingdom of God will rule and reign in the end. Let God’s Word be the last Word in your life, in this country and in the world.

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Joy fills my heart. If you’re a born again child of God it fills yours continually too. All the fruit of the Spirit as described in Galatians 5:22-23 reside within us to empower us. It’s our responsibility to mine the precious gifts that God has given us to not only affect our own lives and situations but also to affect the lives and situations of those around us.  Greater is He that resides within you than He that is in the world (1 John 4:4). And He comes with gifts.

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Pursue peace and hold onto it with everything you have. Peace can be illusive. Whenever you secure peace in one area of your life, something else in another area will break out and you’ll find yourself chasing down peace in another area. Living a life of total peace means that we will need to keep our track shoes at the ready at all times. The pursuit of peace in our lives will keep us on the move constantly. However, the rewards of a peaceful life are worth the workout.

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Our safe haven in a world of turmoil is our Father, God. That goes without saying, but so few see Him as the safe haven when in the midst of a storm in life. Study the Gospels and you’ll find that Jesus was never stressed out. He was never in a hurry. He commanded the circumstances of life around Him. In Luke 10:19, right before He left He said, “My peace I give unto you“. We as His children have the ability to navigate the storms of life the same as Jesus did. The key is our continued reliance on and confidence in the Word of God in the midst of every challenge of life.

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Rest is a gift. Rest is peace. It’s hope. Rest is divorcing oneself from stress. Matthew 11:28 says, “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest“. God our Father is willing to make an exchange with us. He’s willing to take that which causes us to labor and that which is heavy and give to us His rest. Who wouldn’t be interested in taking Him up on this offer. And perched right in the middle of the rest He’s giving us is the faith which moves the hand of God, for there can be no rest without faith in the giver of said rest.

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Divine protection is a part of our salvation package. Psalm 34:7 says, ” The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them“. It’s comforting to know that our heavenly Father has provided protection for us as we walk through this life. The Lord God has virtually brought fear, which is the enemies principle weapon against us, to it’s knees, and has placed all the tools we need for success in this life at our feet! Read Psalm 27:1-3

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Pleasing the Lord should be the goal of every Christian. But pleasing the Lord carries with it a side effect that many don’t talk about. Proverbs 16:7 says, “When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him“. Living a life that is pleasing to the Lord is like holding up a shield, negating the attacks of our enemies. Not only that but it puts on display one of the primary character trails of our heavenly Father….peace. If you want to make peace with your enemies, strive to be pleasing to the Lord.

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Why does it matter so much what people think of us? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself that honest question? If we have been affirmed by the creator of the Universe, why do the opinions of others matter so much to us? Finding our identity in Christ means that we have been “approved” by someone whose opinion far outweighs any earthy entity. God loves us. And when you think about it, is there really anything or anyone else we need?

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God the Father is literally our Father. And what Father doesn’t respond when he hears his child in distress? We are Children of God. The degree of His love for us won’t be fully known or understood until we’re seated in His lap in heaven. But as we stretch our imaginations here on earth, we must trust by faith that we’re the apple of His eye. Trust that He is with us. Trust that He will deliver us, no matter what we’re going through. He is our Father and we are His children.

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Social media Christians live lives that are very difficult for real-world Christians to relate to. They’re always smiling. They are world travelers. They drive nice cars and live in great homes. They have amazing children and marriages and they are always on top of the world. You can find them posting like crazy on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like about they’re amazing lives. The confession of sins, according to James 5:16 will never happen in the life of a social media Christian. To do this would crack the facade that they live behind. And the saddest thing is that they don’t even know that they’re Christianity is phony.

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Be it unto me according to thy Word are words of surrender. They are words that say, “Not my will, but yours be done“. Faith in God and in His Word is born out of submission. Submission to a higher power, a better plan, and a loving Father. Mary had no ideal what was happening to her. An event of this magnitude had never occurred before. Yet, in the face of embarrassment. In the face of ridicule, and in the face of ostracism she submitted herself and uttered the words, “Be it unto me according to thy Word” in Luke 1:38. I pray we submit ourselves, and incorporate those very words into our lives on a daily bases.

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Truth will stand the test of time. It’s the bedrock of life. Truth is unshakeable. We live in a world where voices are clamoring extremely loud to be heard. Yet truth doesn’t need to compete for airtime. Truth can calmly wait in the background, knowing that it will remain forever. Truth, if stood on long enough, will outlast any lie. God’s Word is truth. No matter how bad things may look in the world, trust in the truth of God’s Word. His Word will have the last Word in your life, in this country and in this world.

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Child-like trust is what God requires of His children. God doesn’t need us to be God. However, we need Him to be who He created us to be. God doesn’t have to earn our trust. Our trust in Him is due to Him on day one. Our relationship with Him grows, flourishes and is enriched as we get closer to Him. However, our trust in Him should be full-blown from day one. As parents don’t have to earn the trust of their newborn baby, our creator shouldn’t have to earn the trust of His children.

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