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The Miracle Bean
Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17, RSV. Webster defines a miracle as “an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs.” Usually we think of miracles as events that are beyond…
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Prayer Is the Breath of the Soul
But I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. Ps. 55: 16, 17. NIV. While the baby is still in the uterus, it is obviously unable to breathe air into its lungs. Yet as soon as it is born it…
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Spiritual Freedom
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Cor. 3:17, RSV. When you ask people to name the most spiritual person they know, you get an amazing array of answers. Some think of people in the Middle Ages who walked on cold floors with bare…
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Aspire
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Cor. 9:24, NIV. If you have no vision of your potential, you have no hope of victory. Circumstances will control your life, and you’ll find yourself…
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The Habit of Happiness
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Prov. 17:22, NIV Happiness is an illusive butterfly. If pursued directly, it flits away beyond our reach. But if we sit down contented with what we have, it’s likely to perch on our shoulder. Perhaps that’s why only 10 to 15…