Pamela Thorson
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Slightly Obsessed #073: First Love
I know your deeds and you toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.…
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Slightly Obsessed #072: Earthen Vessels
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 We are jars of clay. Earthen vessels, cheap to make, easily breakable, disposable. At the time of Jesus’ first coming, these jars were used for…
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Slightly Obsessed #071: Heirloom
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven…
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Slightly Obsessed #070: Do You Worship the UNKNOWN GOD?
He has also set eternity in their heart: yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11 We know it’s there. A gnawing restlessness springs from deep within man and testifies to a sobering truth: We are meant…
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Slightly Obsessed #069: Blood Moon
The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. – Joel 2:31 They predicted a bad moon rising. More specifically, a “blood moon.” I really didn’t want to awaken from a deep sleep to gaze at the skies. But I…
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Slightly Obsessed #068: The Bus to Nowhere
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. – John 10:10 Morning has broken. The day starts well enough. The earth is turning, the sun is shining, and I’m breathing. So far, so good. Then the battle begins. A stray word or a look of irritation from someone annoys me. A…
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Slightly Obsessed #067: In the Shadow of His Wings
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. – Matthew 23:37 What more vivid and tender picture of a protective momma can there be…
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Slightly Obsessed #066: Unexpected
Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. – 1 John 2:28 Are we really supposed to be watching for Christ’s return? What does it matter, as long as we’re saved? One Christmas Eve the extended family…
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Slightly Obsessed #065: Fortress
He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. – Psalm 104:32 Where do you run when your world shakes? This week television cameras caught the moment a 4.4 quake rocked parts of Southern California. Newscasts were in progress when the quake hit. Replays of the footage showed…
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Slightly Obsessed #064: Skin for Skin – The Man Who Proved Satan Wrong
Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face. – Satan to God (Job 2:4-5) Do you ever wonder where God is when something bad happens to…
