The Green Pastures
Lying in the green pastures while looking to the Good Shepherd
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Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Matter “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in…
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Have you ever had a Christmas gift you were sure you were going to get? You may have found out you were getting it well before opening it, but you were still happy when you did. I believe that is a small picture of how we should look at Jesus and His coming. He revealed…
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The Christian Who Does ____ “But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of pure devotion to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3 In walking the Christian walk, it can be easy to overcomplicate things, making some things harder than…
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Trust and Rely “Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, and He will make your paths straight and smooth” Proverbs 3:5-6 The main issue I hear about God’s will is…
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Why does God let us get excited about opportunities only for them to let us down? That is a question I have heard countless times from friends around me, and one I’ve asked myself many times. It can be hard to wrap our heads around that. If God is loving and knows everything that will…
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Thankfulness in Remembering “I will remember your deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.” Psalms 77:11-12 It can be hard to be thankful sometimes. We can see in this psalm where the writer starts with crying to God.…
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The topic of friendships has been one I have wanted to write about for a while. In each season of my life, the people around me have affected it, whether good or bad. I want to speak specifically to two levels of friendships and then a key contributor to them. Loneliness “Greater love has no…
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I believe that serving should be a high priority to every Christian’s walk with Christ. If we are to be Christlike, and Christ served others in everything He did, than we too must think about how to best serve those around us. In this post I will try to help see ways to serve and…
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“David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die, Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die. Then Nathan went to his house” 2 Samuel…
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“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” Ephesians 4:1-3 This passage is…
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