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Better Than Silver , Better Than Gold

How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Proverbs 16:16)

In today’s world of crashing economies and chaos, people are running to gold and silver, which is smart, but there is something more precious than these, wisdom and understanding. When Solomon asked God for wisdom,
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I Will Destroy Them

They surrounded me. Yes they surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord, I will destroy them. (Psalm 118:11)

Years ago, God gave me this verse when I was literally surrounded by demonic forces and I saw no way out. I had retreated into a world of escape through drugs and doing anything for a
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We’ve Been Crowned

Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies. (Psalm 103:4)

The definition of crowned is a top-ranking title: a title or distinction that signifies victory or supreme achievement. We are crowned because of what Jesus has done for us. Jesus has redeemed us through His shed blood from destruction. We have
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Consequences

But if you will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments, I will do this to you. I will appoint you over to terror, consuming diseases and fevers, that will cause blindness and pain of the heart. (Leviticus 26:14,16)

I never paid attention to the Old Testament. I figured, Jesus came to
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Choices

Thus says the Lord,”Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.” (Jeremiah 21:8)

God lays it all out here. He gives us free will to choose life or death, blessings or curses. My whole life I had made poor choices and the fruit of those choices were HIV, drug addiction,
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An Enemy To Your Enemies

But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. (Exodus 23:22)

What a great partnership with God we have. When we learn to hear and obey God’s voice, He makes our enemies His enemies. The key to having God move on our behalf
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To Bring Freedom

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6)

Many times when we choose to fast, we do it out of religious duty, not a pure heart. God clearly states
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More Understanding

For I have more understanding than all my teachers for your testimonies are my meditation. For You Yourself have taught me. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:99,102,105)

I am amazed how the Holy Spirit has and is downloading God’s word in my spirit. The understanding that
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I Will Guide You

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with my eye. (Psalm 32:8).

 Everyone of us needs instruction throughout this life. Without instruction we continue on, not knowing how to get to where the Lord ordained us to end up. In order for us to receive the
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Because He Loves Us

And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as His children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when He corrects you. For the Lord chastens those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child.” (Hebrews 12:5-6)

Wait a minute, did
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Love The Lord Your God

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matt 22:37)

How is this love expressed? The Word tells us that we love Him because He loved us first. The first step to loving God is knowing that we can love Him because of
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Not Yet

When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. (Psalm 84:6)

There is no set time on how long we will walk through hard times but the promise is that Jesus is there with us. For decades I had suffered through physical, sexual and emotional abuse which brought me to a
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A Strong Tower

The name of the Lord is a strong tower,the righteous run into it and they are safe. (Prov. 18:10)

Blessed be the name of the Lord. His name is a strong tower, a fortress! The righteous are those who are in right standing with God by the Blood of the Lamb. That is us! We
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Making Him Known

In Him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)

I was watching television the other night and I prayed and then fell asleep. I was awakened in the middle of the night to the most unholy nightmare. I was angry and the first thing I said to God was that I prayed before
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Perfect Peace

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. (Isaiah 26:3)

With all that is going on in the world today, it is our peace that is being challenged.  Every time the devil brings thoughts that are contrary to God’s Word, take them captive because those thoughts are
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