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Your Focus is Everything

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding Proverbs 3:5 NIV I’d like to start the conversation today by telling you a story.  A couple of years ago, I was at the store with my son.  We wandered over to the toy section of the store and I could see my son searching intently for something.  We moved quickly past everything pink, past the baby and toddler toys without even a glance, until my son came to an abrupt stop.  I knew that…

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The Obedience of Watchfulness

indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.                                                                                   Proverbs 2:3-5, NIV Solomon compares the insight and wisdom in God’s word to hidden treasure, with good reason.  To me, this treasure is akin to diamonds in the mountain—when you finally catch, after much searching, a glint of the revealed treasure, it requires more dedication, more…

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