Our friend Peter was always getting himself into trouble by saying or doing something he was soon to regret. John MacArthur coins him as “the apostle with the foot-shaped mouth,” and after reading the gospels, one might agree, it’s hard to argue with him.
Peter was a rugged fisherman with an aggressive, bold, and overeager personality. [...]
September 22, 2008
Categories: Christian Life, Prophetic, Revelations, Scripture, Sweet Peeps . . Author: The River . Comments: Leave a Comment
I apologize for my delayed blogging. I intended to write about the book I am devouring right now about the twelve men who went after Jesus, but it’s been a while since I have written.
I want to say a few words about the Apostle Andrew that I have been mulling over.
Andrew was Peter’s brother [...]
September 10, 2008
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Jared’s been teaching a series on the book of Nehemiah over the past few weeks at the River and God has given me some fresh revelation too. The book is jam packed with awesome truths and promises of the Lord. If you aren’t familiar with the book let me catch you up to speed.
The [...]
August 15, 2008
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I’m reading a book about the twelve disciples Jesus called to follow him and over the next couple weeks I plan to write revelations the Lord gives me and different quotes that catch my eye.
It’s funny, but when most people of the world think about the disciples, the first word that generally comes to mind [...]
July 30, 2008
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A few weeks ago I was convicted that I do not spend enough time in GODs WORD! I don’t think we can spend enough time in the WORD…so anyways, I started reading the gospels(starting with Matthew).I was reading about when Jesus call out Matthew.
Matthew 9:9-13.
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew [...]
July 25, 2008
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The Lord has been heavy on my heart asking this question: who is your Timothy? Now if your not familiar with Scripture you’re probably thinking that question doesn’t even make sense…who is your Timothy? In the New Testament the Apostle Paul models perfectly this idea of raising up “Timothy’s” or the next generation leaders to replace the [...]
July 10, 2008
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A couple months back I was sitting in the living room reading and meditating on my morning devotional. The Psalm for that morning was Psalm 119. I began reading and came across verse 11 which says “I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You.” My mind began racing…I [...]
July 2, 2008
Categories: Christian Life, Revelations, Scripture, Uncategorized . . Author: The River . Comments: 1 Comment