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"IF YOU EVER MET GOD IN THE CORNER OF NOWHERE, ON THE SEA OF NOTHING, AND SHOOK HANDS WITH HIM; YOU WOULD BE SHAKING HANDS WITH EVERYTHING!"
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IF MY PEOPLE ...
"Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people" (Isaiah 56:7).
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U-TUBE VIDEO MESSAGE CENTER: NEW TEACHINGS FROM DR. BROWN. |
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LogoRhema Snippets
Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
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Life is...
Some days we do well just to survive,
without necessarily excelling.
Perseverance therefore becomes an
essential key to living --indeed, the only
key that unlocks the door of hope!
Through perseverance character is
built; strong and solid character that brings
about hope...
But why continue persevering? Why
must we keep standing against the strong
currents of temptations, fear, anger, loss,
shame, stress, impossibilities, lack,
misunderstanding, and mistakes? Why overcome
inferiority? Why keep on waiting? Why? Why? Why?
Because it is in this realistic arena
that true character is forged out, molded,
shaped, tempered and polished.
Because it is there that the life of
Jesus Christ is given the maximum opportunity
to be reproduced in us, replacing a thin,
fragile and flimsy internal theology with a
tough, resilient and reliable set of
scripture-based convictions that enables us
to handle life rather than escape from it.
Because life is a task, we need
strength to face it, not speed to run from
it. When the foundation shakes, when
Christian leaders and friends become immoral
and fall into apostasy, when the bottom drops
out and brutal blows attempt to pound us into
the corner of doubt and unbelief, then we
need what perseverance offers: willingness to
accept whatever comes, strength to face it
head on, determination to stand firm, and
insight to see the Lord's hand in it all.
Without perseverance, we stumble and
fall, and God is grieved.
With it, we survive and conquer, and God is
glorified.
"Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord, and in the power of his
might. Put on the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of
the devil... and having done all, to
stand."
(Ephesians 6:10 -11, 13).
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An elderly woman had just returned to her
home from an evening of religious service
when she was startled by an intruder. As she
caught the man in the act of robbing her home
of its valuables, she yelled, "Stop! Acts
2:38!" [Turn from your sin]
