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Strength for Battle
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” ~Joshua 1:9 “Be still before the LORD and wait...
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Words from Our God
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything...
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Immanuel
“Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. For you are our...
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Thanks be to God!!!
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” ~I Corinthians 15:57
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Years and Days, Wisdom and Life
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” ~Psalm 90:12 “Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my...
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The Lord God
“I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.” ~Isaiah 45:7 “Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully...
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Living is Dying
via wikipaintings.org “I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD. The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.” ~Psalm 118:17-18 This is a...
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Worth: Follow Your Feelings
via wikipaintings.org In what do we find our worth? In other words, how do we define ourselves? Do we define ourselves by our deeds and accomplishments? Do we define ourselves by our families? Our...
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Here I Am…
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted regularly here on Sparks of Reformation and I thought it was about time for some sort of an update here. First, I’ve still been working on healing from Lyme...
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The People of God
Image via wikiart.org. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into...
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Repentance unto Life
Westminster Larger Catechism in modern English question number seventy-six: Q. 76. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace worked in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit...
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Marriage and the Unmarried
The Seamstress — image via wikiart.com It is an interesting phenomenon to be unmarried, yet desirous of marriage. The subject can indeed be a very painful one, especially when situations in life that...
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To Know Wisdom
image via wikiart.org “To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple,...
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Of Pencils and Music and Lyme
An anonymous gentleman from the 1850’s. Not my best portraiture ever, by any means, and rather incomplete, but my most recent attempt…two years ago…. Last evening, my sister gave me a music recording...
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The Fear of the Lord
A few notes I’ve been compiling regarding Proverbs 1:7…. First, I wanted to look at how the fear of the Lord is described and defined in the book of Proverbs in particular: “The fear of the LORD is...
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The Working of the Lord
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the...
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Random Thoughts Concerning a Mystery…
“This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.” ~Ephesians 5:32 Having recently begun reading in Genesis again, I have had reason to pause and consider the subject...
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Praise Him!
“Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him for his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with...
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Wisdom a Guard
image via wikiart.org “He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the ways of his saints. Then you will...
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