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A Fish With Purpose--By T. Michael Cart
But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. -Jonah 1:!7 Of all the smelly, dank and dangerous places I can think of to spend three days and nights, the belly of a giant fish ranks up there with the worst. What a terrifying experien …
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Powdered Sugar--By T. Michael Cart
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. -Philippians 4:12 As I poured the powdered sugar into my coffee this morning, I suddenly beca …
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Foolishness--By T. Michael Cart
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. -1 Corinthians 2:14 Certainly, gratitude and thanksgiving are crucial postures for us to maintain in our liv …
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My first church was/is a place of inclusion, refuge, healing, grace and freedom.
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Never Very Far--By T. Michael Cart
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being. -Acts 17:27-28 Being in the presence of God is one of those things that, until experienced, can only be guessed at or speculat …
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Prayer As A Weapon?--By T. Michael Cart
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. -Luke 6-28 Christian culture, as I experience it today, seems so much different than the Christian culture I grew up in. The vast array of perceptual difference would be difficult to characterize in one sitting; but I was thinking earlier …
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Ancient Advice--By T. Michael Cart
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? Luke 12: 25-27 I wonder how many of Jesus' disciples actually understood where Jesus was going with those questions. It seems that anxiety was just as much a proble …
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The Full Message--By T. Michael Cart
They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. "Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life." At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as …
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No Matter What--By T. Michael Cart
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. -Proverbs 17:17 We talk alot about grace on this blog...and with good reason. But grace, in it's beautiful complexity, is so much more than just forgiveness. Forgiveness is merely one single facet of grace; the beginning; the cataly …
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Can You Live With It?--By T. Michael Cart
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. -Ephesians 4:31-32 Never before, in the history of the United States, has a presidential election been …
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Trackbacks--By T. Michael Cart
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him, -2 Corinthians 2:10 I love to look at statistics, numbers, trends and figures. I always have. They reveal a story. Sometimes, that story is not as obvious as other times; but sometimes it is unbelievably clear. This morning, as I was looking at the web s …
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Of These Choices, As A Prayerful Christian, It Is More Important That I:
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Dominion--By T. Michael Cart
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. -Colossians 1:13 Dominion...such a powerful word. It comes complete with all sorts of connotation, mostly not at all too pleasant. The dictio …
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Take A Minute--By T. Michael Cart
October is pastor appreciation month (some call it clergy appreciation month). How about that? I didn't know that until this morning. I didn't know that there was such a thing. Apparently there is. That is pretty cool, actually. So, what is it, about your pastor, that you appreciate? Is your pas …
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Save Us From Ourselves--By T. Michael Cart
But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the others said the same. Mark 14:31 There is no doubt, in my mind, that Peter really meant the words "I will never disown you" when he said them. He felt every bit as loyal and true to his Lord as …
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Regarding The Slaughter Of Christians in India: Choose One
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Healing: Any Given Sunday--By T. Michael Cart
Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone." Then Je …
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Who deserves God's grace?
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Missing--By T. Michael Cart
When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what h …
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The Fence--By T. Michael Cart
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. -Luke 19:41 Have you ever felt like this? Have you ever, in a moment of rare quiet, been in a position to view the entire expanse of a city or town and then be overwhelmed with sadness? Did you feel desperate for those within? Did you …
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