In times of disappointment -339
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Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” Romans 10:11 One thing that is true about all of us is that, we all face disappointments. In every area of our lives, whether it be in our relationships, marriage, business, ministry, work place, life situation, etc. there is always disappointments that we have to overcome. To be disappointed is to be discouraged or sad because of an unmet expectation regarding someone or something. “Losses and disappointments are the trials of our faith, our patience, and our obedience. “You know how addiction works. It...
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Things About Mary You May Not Know - Ep 338
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8 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS Fact #1: Mary comes from the Old Testament name Miriam which carries a meaning of bitterness, sorrow and trouble. Mary was from the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David. This was a. fulfillment of the prophecy (Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5-6) Fact #3: Mary was poor and was raised in a small, remote village called Nazareth. Fact #4: Mary was uneducated according to the standard of the world but knew God for herself. Fact #5: Mary was in the first stage of marriage. In Jewish practices, marriages had 3 stages. In the first step was the...
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Didn't think I had anything to share - Episode 337
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I thought I didn't have anything to share with you this week but I do. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 God is faithful. Prayer for you. Love you, Rev. Kenn Blanchard
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Put a little spring in your step
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Spring revival Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. This means that our knowledge of men can no longer be based on their outward lives (indeed, even though we knew Christ as a man we do not know him like that any longer). For if a man is in Christ he becomes a new person altogether—the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new. All this is God’s doing, for he has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ; and he has made us agents of the reconciliation. God was in...
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Are You Waiting for a Sign? (Episode 335)
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Signs and Wonders. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. - John 4:48 Supernatural Signs: The Bible narrative also includes supernatural events following Jesus’s death: Earthquakes: The ground shook, breaking open tombs (Matthew 27:51). Torn Veil: The veil in the temple tore from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51), signifying access to God through Jesus. Resurrection of Saints: Dead saints briefly returned to life, testifying further to Jesus’s divine identity3. Presence of false christs and false prophets (Matt. 24:5, 11)...
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Why Did He Come? (Episode 334)
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Going heavy on this Resurrection Sunday. Why did He come? For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10 A challenge to do better. J.O.Y. Great Commission: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Greatest Commandments: But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the...
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He Sees You. (ep. 333)
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El Roi. God sees what you have overcome and dealing with still. He loves you. Psalm 56:8, “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” (NLT) Proverbs 15:3, “The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.” (NLT) After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.16...
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Thou Shalt Not Kill?
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God says, “You shall not kill,” but He kills. Does He contradict Himself? No.
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Don't Cuss (episode 331)
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Exodus 20:7 speaks about cursing God. (Don't do it) But what about our language to everyone else? 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. We honor God’s name (v. 7). The command to not take God’s name in vain is more than simply a prohibition of cursing Him. Profanity not only reflects a heart darkened with hate, but it shows an utter disrespect for a holy God. The commandment also means that we are not to take God’s name and talk in a way that dishonors us as His reps....
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Put Jehovah First
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Exodus 20: 3-6 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Watch out there now. Love you,...
info_outlineSorrow looks back
Worry looks around
Faith looks up.
In my 59 years of life I have fought people, ideals, crime, poverty, depression, oppression, racism, sexism, doubt, insecurity, fear, unbelief, mental, physical and spiritual illness and sin of all kinds
I have the wrinkles, moles and scars to prove it.
I have never cried so much this year that I can remember. I have learned about myself and my God. And I want to share some of it with you.
This week my wife returns home from rehab after the removal of a brain tumor almost the size of a grapefruit. The surgery was worse than the tumor. She is like a stroke victim trying to regain herself. She cannot walk talk or eat. Her throat muscles have forgotten how to work. She has a feeding tube in her stomach. She is coming home because she has outstayed the length of time our insurance has. And the so called therapy she was supposed to get was lacking to me. I will add the occupation of caregiver, speech, occupational and physical therapist to my resume starting Monday.
I am going to do this and going to do it well. I know God has built me for this.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be
Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1
Jesus looked up
John 17:1 he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
Stephen looked up
Acts 7:55-56: But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
I go to prepare a place for you,” said our Lord. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:3).
If it were not so, I would have told you.
Jesus said that. I believe Him.
I choose to believe.
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
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