Tag: Bible
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Slightly Obsessed #018: Kaleidoscope
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. – Colossians 4:13 Racheal is a fair-skinned…
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Slightly Obsessed #016: Beautiful Heritage
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. – Psalm 16:6 Their stories of faith and sacrifice are repeated around the world. Jim and Juanita pastor a small church nestled in the heartland of Idaho. In the winter they get up early every Sunday morning to fire up the pellet stove that heats the…
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Slightly Obsessed #014: The Coming
He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Come Lord Jesus. – Revelation 22:20 Watch in fear, O nations. Tremble before His splendor. Slink away, you night terrors. Your passing comes in a moment. Wait in wonder, all host of heaven. Eternity falls upon you. …
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Slightly Obsessed #013: Have No Fear
Come, have no fear, God’s Son is here “What Child Is This?” – William Chatterton Dix The voice on the other end of the phone cracks with emotion. I pause to allow time for composure to come. I’m fighting to keep mine. A person I love is in pain. There have been too many…
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Slightly Obsessed #011: For Such a Time as This
And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this? – Esther 4:14 A Jewish orphan raised by her older cousin appeared to be destined to a life in obscurity. Then the king of the land became unhappy with his queen. He decreed that all the beautiful young…
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Slightly Obsessed #008: From Caveman to King
I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, ‘You are my refuge….’ Psalm 142:5 – A Maskill of David, when he was in the cave. The young man David huddled in a cave and pondered his future. He was so very far away from his beloved pastures, where he cared for his…
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Slightly Obsessed #007: Word of God, Speak
Word of God speak Would you pour down like rain Washing my eyes to see Your majesty – MercyMe There is nothing so compelling as a person who listens. The prophet Eli was an old man when Samuel began ministering in the house of God in Israel. In those days it was rare to…
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Slightly Obsessed #005: A Dangerous Faith
Only you musn’t press him. He’s wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. -Chronicles of Narnia C.S.Lewis I want so much to have God figured out. Categorized. Safely tucked into stackable boxes of doctrine. But decades of this pursuit have left me convinced He is unfathomable. The more I know Him, the less…
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Slightly Obsessed #004: Alien
alien n. a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial 1. …the detection of alien intelligence will be an enormously big story. We’ll know we’re not alone, and we’re not the smartest things in the universe. -SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute 2. Each year, the U.S. government spends billions of dollars and endless man…
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Slightly Obsessed #002: Enthroned in the Heavens
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. -Abraham Lincoln It was just an article about a bird. It wasn’t just any bird,…
