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He Didn’t Throw Me Away
“A bruised reed he will not break,and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out…” – Isaiah 42:3 Empty and broken, I came back to HimA vessel unworthy, so scarred with sin.But He did not despair…He started over againAnd I bless the day, He didn’t throw the clay away. Over and over, He molds me…
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Religious or Spiritual?
“If you are more interested in going to meetings than in crucifying the flesh” (Gal. 5:24), you are religious, not spiritual. If you are more interested in reading your Bible every morning than in controlling your tongue the whole day, you are religious, not spiritual. If you are more interested in fasting and prayer than…
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Less of Me
Let me be a little kinder Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those of around me Let me praise a little more Let me be when I am weary, Just a little bit more cheery think a little more of others, and a little less of me Let me be a…
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5 Sins Jesus Hated Most
As we grow spiritually, we will discover that the righteousness of God is not primarily external, and that sin too is not primarily external. When we talk about righteousness, most people think of the standard mentioned in the ten commandments. But righteousness under the new covenant is measured by the life of Jesus and not…
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The Hammer, The File and The Furnace
The hammer is a useful tool, but the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could present another side of the story. For the nail knows the hammer only as an opponent, a brutal, merciless enemy who lives to pound it into submission, to beat it down out of sight and clinch it into place. That is the…
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Afraid of What?
E.H. Hamilton, a Presbyterian missionary to China, wrote the poem below to reflect upon and commemorate the martyrdom of his fellow missionary J.W. Vinson (1880-1931). In October 1931, as Vinson visited some believers 18 miles from his mission station, the area was overwhelmed by a group of 600 bandits. Vinson was taken hostage along with…
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