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Discovery

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV (17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. To be in a place where all things are new is to be in a place of discovery. Just to step through the door and come upon the [...]

Instructed

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. 50:5The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. It’s all about the [...]

Forgotten?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Isaiah 49:15 NIV “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Really from the moment of conception, [...]

Fit

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

2 Thessalonians 1:11 MSG (11) Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time–pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all [...]

Broken

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Jeremiah 2:13 KJV (13)  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. You’re supposed to read the fine print, and, of course, all the instructions before using. But now, there is such a need to [...]

Set

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

1 Corinthians 12:18 KJV (18)  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. We were blessed several years ago with a minivan that we leased for a few years and then bought. It was so much fun to drive a brand new vehicle off [...]

Ark of Strength

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Psalms 132:8-9 KJV (8)  Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. (9)  Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. Growing up in the Behrman household there was always a sense of confidence that if something were wrong with anything around the house, [...]

Weapons

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Zechariah 9:13  Judah is now my weapon, the bow I’ll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I’ll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords.” (The Message)  During the conflict in Korea in the early 1950′s there was a great restriction [...]

From Determines To

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Mark1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”38 Jesus replied, “Let us go [...]

God’s Place

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Genesis 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. I love how Joseph understands his place in the grand scheme of things. His [...]