Pamela Thorson
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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…
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Slightly Obsessed #163 God and the Ballot Box
“Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.” -Romans 13:1 To vote or not to vote. That is the question for millions of Americans saddled in November with the task of choosing between two distasteful…
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Slightly Obsessed #162: Are You Spreading Epignosis?
I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake. – Philemon 1:6 Can you catch epignosis from your friends? It depends on who your friends are. It sounds like the name of a disease you might pick up in…
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Slightly Obsessed #161: A Breath Away from Betrayal
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. – Psalm 73:2 My youngest son was born this week in 1981. We nearly lost him at birth, and I was ill for a very long time afterward. The physical crash precipitated a spiritual crisis of faith. In the…
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Slightly Obsessed #160 Is It Real or Just Raw?
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. – Ephesians 4:29 According to the Urban Dictionary, the term “keeping it real” means “Do not be fake. Be…
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Slightly Obsessed #159: Volcano
The LORD spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire. – Deuteronomy 5:4 Our youngest son was married in a beautiful ceremony last weekend. For us, it was the culmination of months of harried activity not only preparing for the wedding, but restoring our tired-looking yard for…
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Slightly Obsessed #158: Like a Bride, Waiting
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. -Revelation 21:2 She stands on the church stage with the other members of the worship team, singing the chorus to a Chris Tomlin song in her clear soprano. Like a bride…
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Slightly Obsessed #157: Eyes Wide Open
And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, ‘So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?’ – Matthew 26:40 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. – Matthew 26:43 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, ‘Are…
