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Various Articles from the Minnesota Church Conference:
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he first-century church, as we see in the book of Acts, was captivated by vision. It embodied the prophecy of Joel, pronounced by Peter on the day of Pentecost: "'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND ; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS" (Acts 2:17).
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We laughed at some crazy antics, we felt sadness with defeat, we felt the joy of victory- all without a single spoken word.
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The word, “commit,” literally means,”roll." The idea is that of a burden so heavy that one rolls it to another for help. This verse can accurately be worded, “roll your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.”
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.. I can't look at my phone while I’m driving because I have State Farm’s Drive & Save Discount. To be clear, I do care about the safety of those in my vehicle… but the discount is motivating. …
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In perfect harmony with His Father, Jesus too bears our burdens: "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" Matthew 11:28-30.
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Sometimes the silence is deafening. No matter how hard we try or how fervently we pray, it's as if God either isn't there or isn't listening…
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2 Peter 1:3-15. We start with a foundation of faith. Once we have that we supplement it with virtue, then we supplement virtue with knowledge, we supplement knowledge with self-control, then steadfastness, then godliness, then brotherly affection and then finally love.
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The point in all this is that we do well to patiently wait and live righteously until our Father exalts us to the land.
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We’ve had a contagion going around our house for a few months now. Everyone in my house has caught it and it’s one of those things where one person gets over it and then another person gets it and then it just keeps getting passed around. It seems like you don’t develop an immunity to it, you can catch it an infinite amount of times. I haven’t brought it up at prayer time or anything because we don’t usually pray about these things- we just live with them and make excuses for them.
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