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08/06/2023 – ““There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each [person] which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.” Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)/ bio – link attached


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https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-blaise-pascal-1991787

Soli Deo Gloria!

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08/06/2023 -“Self pity is our worst enemy” – Helen Keller


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https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/helen-keller-self-pity-is-our-worst-enemy-american-minute-with-bill-federer

“Helen Keller concluded: ‘Four things to learn in life:To think clearly without hurry or confusion;To love everybody sincerely;To act in everything with the highest motives;To trust God unhesitatingly.‘ “

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08/05/2023 – “To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.” St. Anthony of the Desert (251 – 356 A.D.)/ bio – link attached


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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anthony-of-Egypt

I consider my time spent learning about the saints that have gone before us as time very well spent.

Soli Deo Gloria!

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08/05/2023 – George Washington Carver, the peanut and his faith – “only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His secrets.”


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https://americanminute.com/blogs/todays-american-minute/george-washington-carver-the-peanut-his-faith-only-alone-can-i-draw-close-enough-to-god-to-discover-his-secrets-american-minute-with-bill-federer

I’m thinking of Jesus’ parable of the talents , but in the case of George Washington Carver, you can argue he didn’t even receive one talent, yet he returned …

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08/03/2024- “Did Jesus Contradict Himself About Who’s on His Side?” / An illustrative example of : Let scripture testify to scripture! , don’t build an expanding interpretation from a single verse. Look and gain understanding as to the context…


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https://www.kencollins.com/answers/question-43.htm

Soli Deo Gloria!

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08/04/2023 – Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” / UNT Symphony Orchestra & Grand Chorus //Link attached: Background on “Elijah, Op. 70”.


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Link below – Read about “Elijah, Op. 70, oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn that premiered August 26, 1846, in Birmingham, England.

Elijah, Op. 70,  oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn that premiered August 26, …

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08/04/2023 – “The reason we get possessive of earthly things is because we’re not possessing things in heaven.” / Matthew 6: 19-21 – “…For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”


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Possessing Heaven

Friday, August 4, 2023

In Matthew 5:3 Messiah says, “For theirs is the kingdom.” Not theirs “will be,” but theirs “is.” The kingdom belongs to the children of God – …

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07/30/2023 – “The Only God” / Jude 1:25 / “Yet why is it that our faith is so feeble? Why is it that our worship is so flabby? Answer: because of the absence of a consideration of and a belief in and a submission to the God to whom Jude directs us in this final verse. Spurgeon, when he was only twenty-one, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, addresses his congregation in these amazing words: “Would you lose your [sorrow]? Would you drown your cares? Then go, plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in his immensity. [I urge upon you],” he says, “a devout musing upon the subject of [God].”[3] “A devout musing upon the subject of [God].”


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https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/only-god/

Just one short excerpt from last week’s sermon that is so connective to this week’s sermon:

“Well, if you were present last time, you know that we finished up with …

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08/02/2023 – See yourself following Messiah, walking with him and leaving your past behind. It’s time to un-follow our sins today.


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Disciples And Unfollowers

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

You say you follow the Lord. But to follow the Lord also means to not follow. When Messiah called the disciples, He called them first …

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08/02/2023 – BabylonBee: “Pretend scientist announces belief in pretend genders.”


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https://babylonbee.com/news/pretend-scientist-announces-belief-in-pretend-genders

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