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Slightly Obsessed #226 Triune
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12 God created mankind in His image, we are told in Genesis. His image is expressed through humanity…
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Slightly Obsessed #225: Why Lightning Doesn’t Strike the Wicked
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about…
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Slightly Obsessed #224: When the Pressure Feels Too Great
My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof, For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:11-12 It sits in our dining room in all its four-foot, leafy splendor. It’s a fig tree, and it’s a bonsai. At least, it…
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Slightly Obsessed #223: Right Clothes, Wrong Spirit
Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. – Matthew 7:15 Turn on the television, and the assault begins. The whole world appears to be shouting, “Look at me! Look at me!” Everyone wants to sell their worldviews, their products, or their validation. The church isn’t…
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Slightly Obsessed #222: The Rain
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. – James 5:18 This summer has lain heavy on my soul. As the hills surrounding my valley turned dry and brown in the daily heat, so I have withered under an unrelenting spiritual oppression. I read my Bible, prayed…
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Slightly Obsessed #221: Are You Green and Sappy?
The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, To declare that the LORD…
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Slightly Obsessed #219: When the Hedge Comes Down, Part 3
Then Job said, ‘Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; Therefore, I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.’ – Job 42:3b, 5-6 Job…
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Slightly Obsessed #216: Daddy Has You
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. – Psalm 103:13 They call them fur babies, those pets we adore and spoil and spend too much money on each year. The other day I rolled up to a stop light along with the usual…
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Slightly Obsessed #214: Friendly Fire
We love, because He first loved us. 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 4:19-20 In 1788, the Austrians were at war with Turkey. Determined…
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Slightly Obsessed #213: God of the Mountains
By Rebekah Hamley I always feel closest to God when I’m in nature. And on my hike in the Hunua Range, New Zealand, I felt His presence all around me. Life has thrown many challenges these last couple months and my future is full of unknowns, but as I explored His magnificent creation, I…
