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Thursday, April 30, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who wants to share in the glory? Then you must share in the suffering.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 27, 2001
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Faith: the greatest enemy of evil.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 26, 2001
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Knowing the Lord's will is not the same as the achievement of the Lord's will; that is why we are to pray for our Father's will on earth as it is in Heaven.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 26, 2001
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Grow without God and what are you growing into?
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Loneliness will turn to Godliness if you let it.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Hope comes without fear.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Friday, April 24, 2009
To color in a whole box we must go right to the edges, but not over them, to make the box full. And so it is in life that we must color in to the rim of the Lord's will, fully, without going outside of it, in order to fulfill it.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written May 22, 2001
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Patience is an attribute best learned slowly, because if not learned slowly then it is not learned at all.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written May 22, 2001
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
We need the desolation because in desolation we learn dependence; we need the dependence because in it we learn to trust, which in turn births faith, if we so choose. With faith increasing we have joy increasing because we have Christ increasing.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written May 22, 2001
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Not all true things need to be discussed.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 11, 2003
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Monday, April 20, 2009
God starts where we stop; God stops where we start.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 23, 2003
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Good things happen after prayer.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 15, 2003
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Desire we must fight against, because surely it fights against us.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written September 4, 2003
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Friday, April 17, 2009
What we add decides what we take away.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written September 1, 2003
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Desire leads to compromise and compromise always eats like sand.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 31, 2003
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sometimes I am amazed at what I need and do not know, at what I want and do not need.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 27, 2003
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sometimes the toughest days are when we learn the truth about ourself.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 5, 2003
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Sometimes the best humility is the truth about ourself.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written August 5, 2003
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Monday, April 13, 2009
If you have been somewhere good, show someone else the way, if you have been somewhere bad, warn others of the pain.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Do not look at the stone (1), look at the Cross, the empty Cross.
(1) Mark 16:4, New Living Translation "they looked up and saw"(2). In other words, they were looking down at the impossible and not up at the One who makes impossibilities possible.
(2) Amy Carmichael, Edges of His Ways, September 19th's entry, page 133.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written March 31, 2002
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
By the Suffering Christ, the enemy proves the power and righteousness of Christ, for if Christ were no threat He would have been no target.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written March 31, 2002
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"Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it" (Colossians 2:15, NKJV).
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Good Friday, April 10, 2009 EASTER
CRIMSON'S CLOTH
There in my mind's eye was the most beautiful foot I had ever seen with the most perfect five little toes all lined up. The foot was naked having pools of Blood gathering in the toe's nails. I could see the pools taking in much Blood and giving away much Blood for a long time, causing me to grieve for their owner, Who I thought must be in His final moments. My laments continued until I saw God's hand break through from Heaven and wipe away the Blood with a white cloth. After each wipe the cloth would remain as pure as freshly fallen snow, though the Blood was crimson red. Then I knew, like Christ, we too suffer much, but when God's power comes the stain of this world gives way to purity.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written March 31, 2002
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
We learn to worship in suffering because in suffering humility is found.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written March 31, 2002
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Know that in God's provision there was also sacrifice.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written July 20, 2001
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The most fruitful lessons dig deep into life before they yeild.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written July 20, 2001
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Unless you make sin history you will be overcome by your past.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
The sun is always shining somewhere.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Love is never biased and is always forgiving.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Friday, April 3, 2009
The enemy attacks whatever threatens him: no attack, no threat.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Little is more clear than the line connecting sin to mankind.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Sin's place in your life is already determined, but is Christ's?
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 20, 2001
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