Category: Work pressures
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Hot on your Heels
What’s coming up fast chasing you? Monsters? Your past failures? Bill collectors? Family members? Well, if you’re in Christ, the Word of God makes it clear something very Good is coming up fast behind you. Isaiah 51:11 Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their…
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Throw off the Weights- Spending time with the Lord
If you’re like me, your time is consumed by all the busy ways of modern life, work, chores, events, family. I really don’t spend enough time with the Lord to listen to Him and read His word in the Bible. But this is something we must do. It is a matter of priority. If you…
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A Word of Encouragement
Are you low? Does this statement resonate with you? “For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws close unto the grave.” Psalm 88 begins with this statement, and it clearly written by someone pouring out their heart to God in a time of deep despair and affliction. But there is a word…
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Remember what God has done for you
Yes, I’m in the midst of another crises – this one of employment and career. There are many pressures and worries that are attacking my mind and many hurts that have cut my heart. However, the fact remains is God is in control and he loves us. It’s good during these times to remember all…
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Putting on the full armor of God – everyday
My friend LA Marzulli has a great mini-sermon about taking seriously a critical element of the Christian life – putting the full armor of God. We are living in a fallen world, full of all kinds of influences and attacks, physical, emotional, and spiritual. Keeping Ephesians 6:13-17 in mind everyday is critical, and having peace in…
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Hope from your failure
The sting of failure hurts. In relationships, in our career, in ministry there is often failure. The harder we work, or the more we pray, it seems the more we can miss the mark. Then there are the expectations we have of burdens and hopes we’ve prayed months or years about only to see things not…
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He’s greater than you
John 4:4 “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” Not only is Christ greater than the world around us, He is greater than ourselves in our weakness. He is building a new person inside of…
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Don’t take the easy way out
The Lord spoke a strong word tonight via a sermon he directed me to. David Wilkerson’s “Standing Steadfast in Christ” spoke about not seeking the easy way out. As the Lord shows us in scripture through nature, those who choose to avoid conflict, people and the inevitable fires of life will suffer spiritual apathy. It’s…