Tag Archives: taking credit

Miracles; February 18, 2025

Posted on February 19, 2025 by jgarrott

Acts 9:35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. There’s something pretty persuasive about healing miracles! This one, and certainly the raising of Dorcas that followed, brought many into the kingdom of God. … Continue reading →

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Being Used by God; October 9, 2024

Posted on October 10, 2024 by jgarrott

Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I literally cannot read this verse without the musical arrangement of it running through my heart and mind. We don’t know … Continue reading →

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Our Purpose; October 3, 2024

Posted on October 4, 2024 by jgarrott

Psalm 44:6 I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory. We all have the tendency to depend on what we can see and feel, when those things are transitory at best. At times it can … Continue reading →

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Focus on Christ; May 10, 2024

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jgarrott

Acts 3:12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we have made this man walk? This was … Continue reading →

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Being Used by God; February 2, 2024

Posted on February 3, 2024 by jgarrott

James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. The remarkable thing about this verse is the reminder … Continue reading →

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Being Used by God; August 10, 2023

Posted on August 11, 2023 by jgarrott

John 3:34 “For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.” For once the NIV and the Japanese agree on a minor departure from the literal Greek. The Greek says, … Continue reading →

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Rest; December 18, 2022

Posted on December 19, 2022 by jgarrott

Hebrews 4:9-11 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, … Continue reading →

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Giving God Credit; October 22, 2022

Posted on October 24, 2022 by jgarrott

Isaiah 26:12 Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. This chapter has a number of very deep statements, making it difficult to isolate one for meditation. Verse two – “You will … Continue reading →

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The Book of Job; March 3, 2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 4:6 “Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?” I’ve never particularly cared for the Book of Job, largely because so much of it is made up of statements by Job’s friends, whom God … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace; November 13, 2020

Posted on November 15, 2020 by jgarrott

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God that was … Continue reading →

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