November 30, 2007 by PastorDave.

2 Corinthians 4:4-64 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

“If God exists and we are made in His image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge through what He has communicated to us.” ~ Francis Schaeffer

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November 29, 2007 by PastorDave.

Psalm 42:1-2

1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?

“I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire.” ~ A.W. Tozer

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November 28, 2007 by PastorDave.

Hebrews 11:1-3

1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

“All created things are living in the hand of God. The senses see only the actions of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God.” ~ J. P. De Caussade

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November 27, 2007 by PastorDave.

Hosea 6:3

3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.

“I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.” ~ David Livingstone

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November 26, 2007 by PastorDave.

Colossians 1:9-109 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.

“A deeper more consistent walk with Christ requires time and attention every day. If that happens you will bear fruit.” ~ Chuck Swindoll

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November 21, 2007 by PastorDave.

Psalm 107:8-9

8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, 9 for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

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November 20, 2007 by PastorDave.

Psalm 128:1-21 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.  2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

“Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.”  ~ A.W. Tozer

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November 19, 2007 by PastorDave.

Psalm 100:3-4
3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
 
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” ~ Meister Eckhart

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November 16, 2007 by PastorDave.

Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

“God did not give us the Scriptures to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.” ~ D.L. Moody

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November 15, 2007 by PastorDave.

Ephesians 1:7-107 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment–to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

“God is not satisfied by the sound of our lips, nor the position of our bodies, nor external ceremonies.  What he asks is a will which will no longer be divided between him and any creature, a will pliant in his hands, which neither desires anything nor refuses anything, which wants without reservation everything he wants, and which never, under any pretext, wants anything which he does not want.”  ~ Francois Fenelon

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