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  God's Promise To Deliver It was so good to be reading a little 365 Devotional by Charles Stanley today. It's called "Every Day in His Presence". What struck me today was the promise of God to deliver the Israelites from captivity after 70 years. Jeremiah 32:42-43 (NIV) 42  "This is what the LORD says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. 43  Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, 'It is a desolate waste, without men or animals, for it has been handed over to the Babylonians.' I'd never thought before about how impossible this may have seemed to those who were going through the Exile and destruction of Jerusalem and Israel at the time. After all, everything they knew about their homeland had been destroyed and taken away from them. However, God is always faithful to His promises. It doesn't matter how it might seem to us as we're going th
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What's that in your hand?

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 What's that in your hand?  Moses' staff (It was an Shepherd's stick). When the Lord calls upon you to do something, you probably will be like Moses and feel that you are not up to the task. However, God has taken the ordinary people of this world many times and used them to do amazing things for His glory. He also uses our ordinary things for the miraculous. With Moses, it was his staff. Exodus 4:2 (NIV) 2  Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. With that Staff, Moses was able to show awesome miracles to the Egyptians and Hebrews. (Parting the Red Sea Exodus 14:21-22).  With the Widow of Zarephath - it was her pot of flour and jar of oil - that never ran out of flower. (1 Kings 17:7-16) With Gideon it was his fleece - it convinced him God was speaking. (Judges 6:36-40) With Samson it was his hair - it was the symbolic source of his super-human strength. Though Samson's power actually came from the indwelling
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The Arm of Flesh Will Fail You.

The Arm Of Flesh Will Fail You. If you've ever failed in life, at anything, then you are in a good place. Perhaps you've failed recently and feel completely defeated by life. You might even be wondering if you'll ever succeed. Well today my friends there's HOPE for you. All we need to do is STOP trusting in our own strength. All we need to do is STOP trusting in the strength of others.   Psalm 73:25 (NIV) 25  Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. That might be true for you today, if are you CLOSE to God. However, if you are far from God then your desires will be for the things of the earth.  CHECK: Stop and think for a moment, what is your heart focused upon? What do you desire more than anything else?  Here's what you need to get the VICTORY and HOPE that will last. Psalm 73:26 (NIV) 26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. PRAYER : Lord God, forgive me for the tim
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