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God’s Right Hand

I cling to You; Your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8

A king or person of high rank who places someone on their right hand or seated at his right side, gives him equal honor and power with himself and establishes that person as possessing equal dignity and authority. Paul writes about this concerning Jesus in
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I Will Heal You

 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 2 Kings 20:5

Have you
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Trustworthy

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10

As time unfolds and
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Closer Than Can Be Imagined

When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Daniel 6:20

The king that placed Daniel in the lion’s den screamed
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Finish Line

The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” Mark 9:26

The evil of this world doesn’t surrender easily nor does it just go away without an intense fight. Our inheritance of eternity with Jesus was not purchased without a great collision of
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In The Land Of The Living

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. (Psalm116:8,9)

How wonderful and merciful our God is! We were all deserving of death, but instead, He delivered our very souls from it! He
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Thank You For Delivering Me

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. Daniel 3:19

Thousands of years ago there was war in the heavens and God expelled Satan from heaven’s courts. When Satan was
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Hold On-Don’t Give Up

Fight Of Faith

Who is the man who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit, depart from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:12-14)

What wisdom and treasure are in God’s word. So many people are trying to stay young
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Like A Burning Fire

But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones. (Jeremiah 20:9)

Thy word O Lord have I hid in my heart that I may not sin against you. When God’s word is in your heart, then that is what you’ll speak. What the heart is full of the mouth
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Gateway Of Hope

I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. (Hosea 2:15)

When God told Moses to lead His people out of bondage, Moses first went through a valley of trouble. Before Abraham knew that God supplied him with a sacrifice, Abraham was first tested with sacrificing his
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The Curse Is Broken

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall rise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. (Isaiah 61:4)

God is raising up a people to act on what Jesus did for us on the cross. The Word tells us that Jesus became a curse for us
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Looking Unto Jesus

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2)

What a friend we have in Jesus. When we encounter the storms that we face in this life, we must remember that the One who quieted the storm is with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. He started our faith and
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He Restored My Soul

He restores my soul. (Psalm 23:3)

Wow. How alive and real is God’s word. I remember years ago when psychiatrists told me that I was suffering from depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and many other mental disorders. I battled these for over 30 years. When I think of how God kept me from killing myself while going
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Ready

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. (1 Thessalonians 5:2)

When the Lord returns, He is returning for a church without spot or blemish. It is up to us to prepare ourselves. When a bride prepares for her wedding, is it the bridegroom that
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