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It is Finished

Though we were lost in sin, God arranged from the beginning to provide a way for our return to Him. He set out a plan. He hinted at it with the Passover:  I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of…
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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

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

…  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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