Wind-Whipped Believers

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"If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who "worry their prayers" are like wind-whipped waves. Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open."

--James 1:5-8 (The Message)

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Under Pressure

Another Monday has rolled around with its demands. Take a few minutes before you tackle it with some truth from God's Word found in the book of James.

"Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors."

--James 1:2-3 (The Message)

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More of You, Less of Me

Here's day two of a double-header of videos by Jeremy Camp. Ironically, we can only be fully complete when we are emptied of self. Only then can we have more of Jesus.



--Jeremy Camp - Empty Me

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No Room For Compromise

We live in a perpetual state of choice. We can either hold fast and stay true to our faith and our God, or we can compromise on both. Sadly, too many times we slip. This video is a reminder that someone is always watching, and He wants us to remain purely and wholly his.



--Jeremy Camp - Tonight

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The Wanderer

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HYMN 7


"In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." -- Isaiah 30:15.


With a heart full of anxious request,

Which my Father in heaven bestowed,

I wandered alone, and distressed,

In search of a quiet abode.

Astray and distracted I cried, --

Lord, where would'st Thou have me to be?

And the voice of the Lamb that had died

Said, Come, my beloved, to ME.


I went -- for He mightily wins

Weary souls to His peaceful retreat --

And He gave me forgiveness of sins,

And songs that I love to repeat;

And oft as my enemies came,

My views of His glory to dim,

He taught me to trust in His name,

And to triumph by leaning on Him.


Made pure by the blood that He shed,

My heart in His presence was free;

I was hungry and thirsty -- He fed;

I was sick, and he comforted me;

He gave me the blessing complete --

The hope that is with me today,

And a quiet abode at his feet,

That shall not be taken away.


--from Hymns and Meditations by Ann L. Waring

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