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    All I Ask or Imagine

    I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,  and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power…

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    The Meaning of Palm Sunday

    Palm Sunday is a Christian celebrates Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, which occurs about a week before His Resurrection. It is mentioned in all 4 gospels, which makes it a very big deal indeed according to the Bible. Many churches across all Christian traditions celebrate the Triumphal Entry with palm leaves, sometimes tied into the shape of a cross. Churches without easy access to palm leaves may use other types of native trees as well leading to the occasional “Yew Sunday” or even “Branch Sunday.” Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem. The city was crowded with Passover pilgrims and the people lining the route lay down their cloaks and small…

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    Belief AND Action

    In iGoogle I have boxes for “Success Tips” and a daily Bible verse. When I opened up Google this morning I read the Success Tips thing first. It’s usually pretty good but this morning it said “What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” I immediately said to myself “That’s dumb.” Because it absolutely matters what we believe — that we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ  and THEN we act on that belief. (Rom. 10:9) And then —  get this — I read the daily Bible verse that I have beside it.…