Jay McCarl
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Take a deep breath. Let it out—slowly. Relax. Read. Something infinite, eternal permeates the trembling world—it’s greater than everything, and forever will be. Read it slowly—read it out loud. Tell yourself the story… The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches
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The true starting point of world change. Let’s Pray… Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
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Satirist Steve Turner was something of a prophet concerning the creed of the current—or any—modern revolt… “CREED”by Steve Turner This is the creed I have written on behalf of all us. We believe in Marx, Freud and Darwin We believe everything is OK as long as you don’t hurt anyone, to the best of your
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The Devil wants us angry, because anger blinds people to reason and deafens them to dialogue The Devil wants us to react, because reaction is anger-driven and anger blinds The Devil wants us to ‘justifiably’ hate, because hate is a reaction of anger, which blinds The Devil wants us to believe what we choose to
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Confused, Stressed, Angry, Helpless, Hopeless. That’s everyone since Eden’s Fall. Humanity ruined God’s perfect creation—but the Maker still speaks amidst the ruins. Let’s pray—and let Him do the talking… Come and see the works of the Lord, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he
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Here is a patch of smooth air in a turbulent world by Pastor Tim Brown of Calvary Chapel Fremont, CA. Ah, the difference the right words could make if only believed… In the over-heated rhetoric flowing from the murder of George Floyd and the protests and riots that dominate TV, radio and social media, I’ve
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A world gone crazy is nothing new—it just reminds us how much we needed God all along. Let’s pray… Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?” Let the light of your face shine upon us, O Lord. You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.
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Waiting for God to answer can be agony. King David was having ‘one of those days’, so he prayed this prayer. Join in… I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet
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A Rabbi once said, “Reading Scripture is the highest form of prayer because that’s when God does all the talking.” Here is a Scripture that prays gloriously—the Word of God praising its Author. Join in… “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms
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In a desert? King David was many times, and this is what he prayed. Let’s join in… O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary
Jay McCarl 