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El Qanna: the Jealous God

El Qanna: the Jealous God
... for I the Lord your God am a jealous God ... Exodus 20:5 Jealousy arises when someone else gets something we are due, but in of our fallen state we sometimes claim things that aren’t ours. Because of this, jealousy usually provokes a negative connotation for us. It is often unjustified. Not so with God. God is…
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To Vent or not to Vent: Wisdom and Folly

To Vent or not to Vent: Wisdom and Folly
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. Proverbs 29:11 Sometimes I just need to vent. And I have safe places to do that. Sometimes I vent to God, who knows my true heart. But there is a balance between getting it out – being real, expressing…
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Life or Death

Life or Death
…  I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, … Deuteronomy 30:19 My first response to this is, “who would choose death?” Of course I choose life! But do I really? All the time? The word, chi, and its roots, are what gets translated as life here. But it comes…
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Against such there is no law

Against such there is no law
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.  Galatians 5:22-23  Paul’s letter to the Galatians highlights the freedom that we have in Christ. There is a struggle, a choice, between the flesh and the Spirit. When we follow the flesh, we inevitable break God’s Law.…
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