Month: November 2016
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Slightly Obsessed #166: Take Courage
Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48 Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well. – Matthew 9:22 The twelve-year-old daughter of an important synagogue ruler named Jairus lay dying. Jairus entreated Jesus to come and heal her. As Jesus walked to the man’s house, the crowds pressed against him on every side. The…
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Slightly Obsessed #165: We Need Each Other
“If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” -1 John 4:20 It’s happened to me. It’s probably happened to you. Something is said on social media. Somebody…
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Slightly Obsessed #164 An Army of One
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. – Ephesians 6:12 He was armed only with a sword purchased from a home-shopping network, a dagger, a pistol, and a pair of night-vision goggles. He imagined God ordained him…