In the Beginning, There Was Living Water

Image courtesy of WikiMedia.org 1 Peter 1:20 - He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you (NKJV) Over the past couple of days, I have had the chance to re-read Genesis 1.  As a matter of fact about...

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1 John 2:23 -25

"Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised...

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When The Arrow Is Beyond You

"There is something in all of us, that we want to be able to figure everything out - we want to be able to see.  We want a virtual road map that tells us 5 years from now you'll be here, 7 years you'll be here, 10 years you'll be here. We want it all outlined. We really don't like God just throwing an arrow over our heads in the field and saying,...

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Jonathan McReynolds - No Gray (UNPLUGGED)

My wife, +Deidra Hall shared this song with me.  Thanks hun!  This is awesome! ...

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One Shepherd, Many Sheep

Image Courtesy of Commons.Wikimedia.org For today, I want to direct your attention to shepherds and sheep. A shepherd is "[o]ne who herds, guards, and tends sheep” or “[o]ne who cares for and guides a group of people, as a minister or teacher”. The word herd is "[a] group...

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Don't Get Caught Up

Courtesy of Commons.Wikimedia.org 2 Peter 3:10-11  (10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will...

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Filling Your Voids

Courtesy of Commons.WikiMedia.org I wish to speak to you about voids and having them filled. It is a pretty simple concept, but I wish to share some simple examples and along with some scripture of course. In my prayers, I ask the Lord to remove qualities or sinful natures (unlike...

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A Halfhearted Christian

Today I want to share with you on the subject of Halfhearted Christians. Before we go any further, let's get a working definition of what we are investigating. Halfhearted: Exhibiting or feeling little interest, enthusiasm, or heart; uninspired (TheFreeDictionary.com) Christian:...

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Envy Gives Birth to Greed

Courtesy of Mr. Men Wiki Today, I want to discuss envy and how it can lead to being greedy.  Back in the mid-2000’s I could remember how I would (a) hear of a 63 year old person hitting the lotto for $20 Million; or (b) hear of someone like LeBron James who had only...

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Servant Leadership

I want to share with you all a concept called "Servant Leadership". If you have never heard of it, I know it can strike you up side the head with confusion. However, never fear, Antoine is here to break all the moves down real slow so you can understand them. Well what...

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A Time & Place for Everything

Courtesy of Commons.WikiMedia.org In the summer of 2005, I read this book called "God is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World" by Larry Julian.  While finishing up reading one day, I flipped ahead to the next page to see what the beginning of...

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Searching for Clarity

Image Courtesy of deviantART In today's time, I think we all get a little muffled in the mind. We all have a vision that we are searching for but it's not always clear. Sometimes we have a vision we think we are suppose to follow and then there are times when God gives us...

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No Power, No Light

Courtesy of Commons.WikiMedia.org I want to talk about a simple concept. What is the concept? Well, I'm glad you asked. Let's look at a simple power circuit. In a power circuit, there is a source of power and there is some resistance. The resistance can be a light, TV, radio,...

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Addictions and Bad Habits

I want to talk to you about addictions and bad habits. I am not just talking about being addicted to alcohol or drugs, because addictions can include the TV, work, sex, gossip, etc. If you are going to be addicted to something shouldn't you be addicted to Christ? I mean that's a good addiction isn't it? Addictions start out as a something new to...

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Naked You Came. Naked You Shall Return

Image Courtesy of Biblewise.com A couple of nights ago, the family got to sit down and read Job 1 (sounds like Jobe) and I have to tell you, I learned (and re-learned) some things once again.  It isn't that I do not always learn but rather this was a different take on...

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Submit Yourselves to God (James 4)

Today, I want to share with you James 4.  I am not providing any other commentary, but rather allowing James to speak for himself. (1)What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? (2) You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and...

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Bring Things Back Into Focus

Colossians 3:17;22-25  (17) That is, everything you do or say, do in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks through him to God the Father.  (18) Wives, subject yourselves to your husbands, as is appropriate in the Lord...(22) Slaves, obey your human masters in...

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Cleansing: Let Me Show You Something

Image Courtesy of WikiMedia Commons This entry continues a previous series I wrote nearly seven years ago on the topic of Cleansing.  This is the last one for this series.  If you missed the others, you can see them all by clicking on the Cleansing link in the right...

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Cleansing: It's Only a Test

Today, we continue with a previous series called "Cleansing".  If you missed it, the previous post can be found here:  http://toinebo.blogspot.com/2013/07/cleansing-time-for-cleansing.html. ------------------------- snip ------------------------- Jul 12, 2006 Happy...

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Cleansing: A Time for Cleansing

Image Courtesy of  Commons.WikiMedia.org This entry comes from a small series that I wrote on Cleansing back in 2006.  Also, there is another from this series that I shared a while ago called, "Cleansing: It's OK to Slow Down".  Without out further delay here...

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