Real Life

Ready Your Heart

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field.  There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team……… So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them.  He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh.…

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Empty, But Empowered

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 As he (Elijah) arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?   As she was going to get it, he called to it, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”  —1 Kings 17:10-11…

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Walk In The Shadow

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.  –Proverbs 16:9 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  —Psalm 91:1 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 The year is 1873.  A French cruise boat named Ville Du Havre is crossing the…

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Warrior Of The Living Water

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 “Anyone who is thirsty can come to Me!  Anyone who believes in Me may come and drink!  For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from His heart.’ ”  —John 8:38 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Jesus paves way for parched souls.  He comes to rebuild and revive what is dried up in…

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Waiting Here For You

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 He left Judea, and returned to Galilee.  He had to go through Samaria on the way.  Eventually He came to a Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.   Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily by the well about…

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Wooden Planks

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 My old self has been crucified with Christ.  —Galatians 2:20 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Picture a rickety bridge spanning two sides of a mountain.  Wooden planks line the bridge.  As you take some steps forward, the wooden steps behind you fall into the ground below.  By the time you arrive on the other…

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Trust God In The Trenches

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance.  As he approached, they made plans to kill him.  —Genesis 37:18 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Joseph learns a personally hard, but poignant lesson in life.  No matter how people treat you, their actions do not change God’s plans for you.  Your…

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Traveler, Run Your Feet To Jesus

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.  Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.  —Proverbs 4:26-27 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTT🌿 Two types of travelers wander the world.  The first, prefers the off-beaten track.  Isolated back roads, unpaved tracks, deserted turns, secluded trails.  A bucket list of…

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God Can Slay Dark Corners

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 “If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”  —Luke 11:36 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Dark corners are crooked crannies and contorted curves.  They are hidden holdouts and hurried hideouts.  Clandestine places where we park pursuits,…

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Not Darkened By Darkness

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and He answered me.  I called to You from the land of the dead, and Lord, You heard me!”  —Jonah 2:1-2 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 Joseph is thrown into an empty cistern in the wilderness where his brothers hope will be his doom.…

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