Jerry Scott
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Still true?
An obscure text became God’s instruction and promise to me a long time ago. In Numbers 18:20-21 the Bible says, “The LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among… Continue reading
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Nobody likes me!
Kids can be unbelievably cruel to each other. The smallest difference can become a cause for taunting and making fun – ‘you’re too fat,’ ‘your glasses are ugly,’ ‘your jeans are weird.’ Any parent knows the how terrifying that kind… Continue reading
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Safety in numbers
“I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family.” Isn’t that what that fat, happy purple dinosaur character sings to the kids watching TV? It’s easy to poke fun at the corny expression of the importance of ‘connectness,’ but…… Continue reading
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Nail-biters!
Yeah, I get anxious and I chew on my nails! Why exactly do so many people who are full of anxiety chew on the ends of their fingers? I do not have an answer for that question. There are plenty… Continue reading
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Who’s in the jury box?
Our Wednesday Bible Study has been working through a series of lessons about spiritual disciplines, the choices we make to open our lives to the inflow of the Spirit and to defeat sinfulness. In addition to the Scripture, our guide… Continue reading
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Give us today our daily bread
Living in a time and nation where food of every kind is available in such abundance, I don’t feel as grateful as I should for the bread that I eat from day to day. The prayers I say before meals… Continue reading
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That I may breathe your Breath, O God.
The noblest impulse in us is so quickly compromised by selfish interest. What begins as the best intended plans to make a better world can easily be turned into a means of feeding the needs of the ego, of enriching… Continue reading
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Home – here or there?
It’s good to be home! For 12 days, I enjoyed taking in splendid views from soaring mountains in Colorado. Worshipping with thousands of Believers at the Assemblies of God General Council in Denver last week left my heart full to… Continue reading
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Submitted? Is there a purpose?
For our present troubles are quite small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see right now; rather, we look… Continue reading
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