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Jody Sneed

Awaiting God’s Arrangements for Us

“No one’s ever seen or heard…never so much as imagined…what God has arranged for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
Recently at a small group gathering, a comment was made about an upcoming event that would be happening in the new year. “2010?” a friend questioned. “I know it’s the new year and all [...]

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God Knows Just the Right Time

30 December by Jody Sneed

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
Galatians 4:4-5
In our lives, so many plans are prefaced with conditions: when [...]

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God Disciplines Us for Holiness

26 December by Jody Sneed

Heading into Jerusalem for that fateful Passover week, Jesus grieved over the Holy City, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.” (Matthew 23:37 NLT)
Jesus’ heart [...]

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Is God Really Glorified by My Ordinary Life?

17 December by Jody Sneed

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
Romans 12:1 (The Message)
Throughout history, we have grown [...]

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The City of God to Come

12 December by Jody Sneed

Here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Hebrews 13:14
In the 13th chapter of Hebrews, we find comfort.
I cannot find a better term than comfort to describe the 25 verses of Hebrews 13. Written to believers enduring the severest of persecution, this chapter speaks of developing [...]

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Don’t Panic!

7 December by Jody Sneed

“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.”
Isaiah 41:10 (The Message)
God promised His watch care and love to the Israelites despite their infidelity, especially when they were [...]

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Choosing a King Other Than God

4 December by Jody Sneed

Things were not going well. Selfish decisions, benefitting few, were ruining the lives of many. All around them things were falling into chaos, there was little action they could take and even less hope to be found.
Does this sound like our recent economic woes? This was the time Samuel’s sons were the judges [...]

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Knowing God Better and Better

2 December by Jody Sneed

“In your life, learn to walk with Jesus.
In your faith, be real and never fake.
And in your ministry, surround yourself with people who are better than you.”
Brother Andrew
Best known as founder of the Open Doors ministry, Brother Andrew was called “God’s Smuggler” for his bold transportation of the Bible into countries that had banned the [...]

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God-Ordained Goals and Serving the Least of These

1 December by Jody Sneed

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was [...]

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Do Christians Know How to Party?

18 November by Jody Sneed

“But you walked away from your first love – why? What’s going on with you, anyway?” Revelation 2:4 (The Message)
Mike Yaconelli once observed, “It doesn’t take much to make most of us realize that we have become too serious, too tense, too stressful. The result is that we have forgotten how to live [...]

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