Pamela Thorson
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Slightly Obsessed #206 A Portrait of Faith: Willing to Learn
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. – Matthew 11:29 NKJV Decades ago, when my husband and I were new Christians, a series of small and incidental “signs” convinced us a windfall was coming our way. We…
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Slightly Obsessed #205: A Portrait of Faith: The Courage to Trust
And those who know Your name trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. – Psalm 9:10 A frigid cold descended in the night upon the river valley. The next morning, a deceptively innocent breath of frost kissed the new deck outside the front door. A toddler and his…
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Slightly Obsessed #204 A Portrait of Faith: The Obedient Heart
Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice…. – 1 Samuel 15:22 The Old Testament prophet Samuel visited King Saul soon after he was set into power as king of Israel. Samuel arrived to deliver a command…
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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…