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When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled . . . Matthew 2:3 At our gym, we have what I find to be a healthy competition. My friends and I push each other, making us better than we would be alone. It’s an immense amount of fun and I’m in far better shape for…
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Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23 Yesterday, as I was gasping and straining to do a rope climb at the gym, for some reason, I began to wonder how hard it would be to climb using only one hand.…
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Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. Matthew 1:19 I lost my wallet again recently. I was 90% sure I’d left it on my desk at work, but when I went to retrieve it, it was gone. I had a short list of people who have…
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So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations. Matthew 1:17 When my kids were toddlers, others told me to enjoy it, because it wouldn’t last. I remember those first winters though, when…
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But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. Luke 5:16 For nearly two years before I started publishing this blog, I was writing every morning, just for myself. Writing helps me process life and so, I was journaling just to get me through my own struggles at the time. Every morning, I would get…
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done . . . But the people still followed corrupt practices. 2 Chronicles 27:2 I’ve written today’s blog before. I’ve even got another blog entry titled the same – You Can’t Do it for Them.…
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And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land. 2 Chronicles 26:21 I am a natural optimist. Some…
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But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go…
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But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 2 Chronicles 26:16 You’ve probably encountered that guy (or girl) who is intoxicated, but who tries to convince everyone that…
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And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. 2 Chronicles 26:15-16 I know that as a Christian, I’m supposed to live by faith, but what does that look like? I’d insist that Peter’s story of walking on water…
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