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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.- Mark Twain

Was Jesus a victimized lamb or victorious soldier?

The uncommon truth about “Easter”. The Bible, my favorite book, referred to Jesus as a victorious soldier. Tradition, common culture, and even television depict Him as a quiet, gentle, soft, and victimized lamb. While the Bible does state that He is the Lamb of God, it’s not so that we …

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 How can You Find Comfort in Life?

How can You Find Comfort in Life? Any comfort you ever experience in life comes from God. He is the source from which comfort is poured. The primary point that it makes is any comfort we will or ever have experienced came and comes from Him, not people. The Bible …

iPray: God help me spread the comfort

iPray: God help me spread the comfort you’ve given me around to others in the same way. All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we [the …

iPray: Demonstrating I’m God’s child takes kindness.

(Luke 6:35 NLT) “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. …

Jeremiah 29:11 I am not meant to achieve anything.

I once thought I wasn’t meant to achieve anything great and found most people think the same way. To be successful, is uncommon, but did you know that God has big plans for you. Yes, that’s right. There is a preset and predetermined plan written with your name on it. …

iPray: I live life on guard from normal life traps.

Don’t fool yourself. If you do nothing but only live, it’s a matter of time before the enemy–and yes you have one–does something to upset your living. We have to be on guard, watching and when we find threats to how we live, we must pray. The very reason we …

Acts 17: 28 Common is not in Him

God is not like any other; He is one of a kind. So in Him we live like no one else, we move around like no other and we exist as one of a kind – “no-longer-common”. That means our every possibility is made possible and nothing can hold us …

iPray: whenever I am done wrong, I retaliate with good not evil.

Common: As individuals, anytime we have been wronged i.e. cutoff on the highway, lied on, bumped, mistreated, abused etc., our first response is to get back, get even, defend, or even retaliate. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21 NIV) NoLongerCommon: The appropriate response …

1 Thessalonians 5:17 You Could Use a Shield of Defense

So why is it we give up on praying? Why do we only pray when situations are out of our control? It’s interesting, when all hope is gone we turn to prayer. Never stop praying. Give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus. (1 …