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Genesis – Lessons from Yesterday for Today!

Genesis is a foundational book in the Bible and is full of life lessons for every follower of Jesus. What are your favorite stories from this great book? What have you learned over the years? Here are some of the things that I have found. Jenny Smith The Power and Authority of God With the…
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June 12, 2018 0

You are a Jar of Clay – What’s that Mean?

You are a jar of clay. I am a jar of clay. What does that mean? We also carry a treasure! What is the treasure? What are we supposed to do about it? Annie Spratt But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not…
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June 8, 2018 0

Faith, Renovation and Intercession – They all Come Together Here

What happens when a story has so many lessons that it’s hard to keep up? In a few words in Mark 2, we learn about faith, persistence, human nature, God’s grace, power and authority – and intercession! If we would take one lesson each day this week from this passage and let it saturate our…
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June 5, 2018 0

God Calls You to Life in the Spirit, but First…

As followers of Jesus, we follow all the way. That means that we live in the power of the Spirit. To truly live in the Spirit is to live in the power of the resurrection. But there is no resurrection without a crucifixion. And my experience is this: it is much harder to die to…
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June 1, 2018 0