Tag: Christian
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Slightly Obsessed #203: God Doesn’t Need Our Thanks
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High – Psalm 92:1 God doesn’t need our thanks. If we were to walk through an open door to heaven as the apostle John did in a vision during his imprisonment on Patmos, we wouldn’t find a…
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Slightly Obsessed #202 A Portrait of Faith: Living to Please God
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. – Galatians 1:10 The Scriptures tell us it is impossible to please God without faith. But how does pleasing God present evidence of our faith to a dying world? In Hebrews 11, the “faith chapter” describes acts of faith…
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Slightly Obsessed #201 A Portrait of Faith: Thirsty
Jesus said, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. – Matthew 5:6 Ask a Christian what the word “faith” means, and you’re likely to hear a quote from the Bible. Most of us know at least part of the King James version of Hebrews 11:1, which tells…
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Slightly Obsessed #200: God Sees Your Despair
God said, ‘Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him.’ – Psalm 91:14 She was well-dressed, beautiful, and accomplished. She had just flown across the country to teach at a conference and looked fully the part. Sharp. Witty. Color-coordinated. And she may have left with that image safely in place, except that she…
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Slightly Obsessed #199: Let No One Take Your Song
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. – Psalm 149:1 An Age under Judgment A 2014 Fox News poll reported fifty-eight percent of voters polled in the U. S. believe the world is, in their words, “going to hell in a handbasket.”*…
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Slightly Obsessed 198: When There is No Way Forward
Jesus said, ‘If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.’ – Matthew 17:20 All I remember is a small room filled with people and a sour-faced doctor. I can’t tell you…
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Slightly Obsessed #197: The Thief at Your Door
Jesus said, ‘The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’ – John 10:10 Trouble comes in waves, hitting you when you least expect it. The dog gets sick, the transmission falls out of the car, an unexpected doctor bill comes due, and…
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Slightly Obsessed #196: Is Your God Too Small?
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me? – Jeremiah 32:27 Across the United States, nature has been on a rampage. A series of earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes have wreaked havoc on many communities this summer. In August, the sky briefly turned to dusk as the…
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Slightly Obsessed #195: What Is the Apocalypse?
So it will be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. – Luke 17:30 (English Standard Version) Add -pocalypse or -mageddon to any event and create your own disaster. The Long Range Weather Forecast published by The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2017 accurately predicted a bitter winter last year, which dumped so much…
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Slightly Obsessed #194 Heaven Is Calling: More than an Angel
For to which of the angels did God ever say: ‘You are my Son; today I have become Your Father’? Or again: ‘I will be His Father, and He will be My Son’? – Hebrews 1:5 (Berean Study Bible) God couldn’t have said it much plainer than in Hebrews 1:5. The question is rhetorical, with…
