We read in Matthew 4:1-11 how Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness where He was tempted by the devil. Jesus was physically weak because he hadn’t eaten in 40 days, but he was not weak in the Word of God. He declared the Word to dismiss every…
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I’ve Been Down That Road Before
I think many of us have heard this phrase before and probably have expressed it to someone. It usually has a negative connotation about something we’ve done or experienced that we don’t want to repeat. But let’s look at it in a different way. I get a lot of revelations…
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Get Back Up!
I heard the song recently by TobyMac, “Get Back Up” and it started this scenario playing in my mind. The lyrics that got me were, “We lose our way, we get back up again. You may be knocked down, but not out forever. So, get up, get up.” As usual,…
Mornings with the Master
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Resist
I have several things I read during my morning devotion time and one of them stood out to me recently. God speaks to me in different ways and, on this morning, it was the imagery in my mind or like a video playing to show me something. The prayer I…
temptation
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Be Aware!
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4) I have quoted this verse quite a few times when I feel like I’m being tempted in some way. I know that…