Author Archive: Mark

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Letting your guard down

Letting your guard down

May 30, 2005 | By | Add a Comment

Fear not now, fear not now Hear what I’m saying to you You can trust now, let your guard down Let my love embrace you  (Shaded Red) “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither […]

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Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

May 9, 2005 | By | Add a Comment

I came across this interesting story from 1 Samuel 5:1-5 today: “After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was […]

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Freedom

Freedom

March 7, 2005 | By | Add a Comment

If you’re tired and thirsty… there is freedom. Lift your eyes to heaven… there is freedom. – Jason Upton “…and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

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Breath of Life

Breath of Life

March 3, 2005 | By | Add a Comment

I think March is a tough month for those of us in the northeast cause the winter starts to drag on along with that whole seasonal affective stuff, lack of sunlight, etc. Thank God for April and May when the ground starts to thaw out, the snow melts, and new […]

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Holding Tight

Holding Tight

February 17, 2005 | By | Add a Comment

I remember speaking with my father three or four months ago and I remember him saying, “I never knew life would be so hard”.  That really struck me.  We are all so fragile.  When I was young, I was very optimistic about life and how great it would be.  I […]

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Joy

Joy

January 11, 2005 | By | 3 Comments

Here is a thought to ponder: The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy. – Sam Shoemaker, Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous I think that joy comes from worshipping and obeying God even when it hurts.  It’s also a fruit of the Spirit who fills us […]

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Looking up

Looking up

January 6, 2005 | By | 1 Comment

Thou, oh Lord, are a shield about me.  You’re my glory, and the lifter of my head.  – Psalm 3:3

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January 5, 2005 | By | 1 Comment

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider:  God has made the one as well as the other.  The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.  Ecclesiastes 7:14, Job 1:21

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One of my favorite songs

One of my favorite songs

January 5, 2005 | By | 2 Comments

“God Believes in You” (Pierce Pettis) When you start to doubt if you exist, God believes in you Confounded by the evidence, God believes in you When your light burns so dim, when your chances seem so slim And when you swear you don’t believe in Him, God believes in […]

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The Christian with depth

The Christian with depth

October 19, 2001 | By | Add a Comment

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it. – Brennan Manning

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