Sri Newman
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Trust and Obey
Listening, inclining, heeding, obeying, these are all derived from a Hebrew word, Shema. It is a loaded word, does not just mean listen. Google describes it as listening with intent to take action, respond and submit to what is heard. ‘4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!‘ -Deuteronomy 6:4 There are many references to obey in the
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Grateful Alive
Some books are so well written that they become part of our lives by providing material in the way of quotes or inspiration in the way of characters. One of my favorite quotes is from Pride and Prejudice. “Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness” -Elizabeth Bennet in Jane
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Peaks and Valleys
For those of you following along, I have been missing my scheduled blog entries. They average about 5 a week, but yours truly has not listened to her own advice. I succumbed to the negative thoughts that the world threw at me and strayed. The first Bible verse that popped in my head when I
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Suit up!
Have you had the pleasure of living through a hurricane? Doing preparatory work to board up the house, bring in supplies and hunker down, waiting for the hurricane to pass? Boarding up the house ensures that the weak entry points do not cause structural failure, breach the house and cause flooding when flying objects are
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I feel. No, I think. No, I feel.
Heart is the source of emotions and mind the source of logic. God wrote the law on our hearts. Why our hearts? I think, because the heart tucks away beautiful, everlasting emotions that are not necessarily logical. For instance, why do I like kids? They are selfish, defiant, germ bags. But all the reason cannot
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Wrath of God?
I want to make a case for our God who is sometimes viewed as a strict disciplinarian. One who does not budge from His seat of judgement, especially in the Old Testament. The book of Isaiah is often described in the following words: “The first 39 chapters of Isaiah primarily focus on God’s judgment upon
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The exchange – Antallagma
I am sure some of you are action movie buffs and Extraction is on the list of many movie-lovers. Personally, I would not use a movie to illustrate my point, but this one may work. I will leverage the creative genius of the writer to illustrate the great exchange. “45 For even the Son of Man did
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Judas, Peter, Pilate or Mary?
In one of our family discussions we were talking about Judas of Iscariot, and I began to think about what role I have in the crucifixion of Jesus. We all know He died for our sins. I am sinful (as much as I do not want to be) and my freedom, salvation is due to
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Held by the cords of love
I was going through my notes and came across something amazing that my pastor shared in his sermon last summer. He said, “Jesus was held on the cross by the cords of love, for His Father and for us”. I like this way better than, “He was held on the cross by our sin”. I
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Valentine’s Day
It is a nice crisp February morning and talk about Valentine’s Day is all around. For some people it is a magical day and for others it is not so much fun. If we are being honest, it should be a day to commemorate the persecution of a Christian (St. Valentine). But we give into