Step Up

  • Monday, February 16 –(Jeremiah 10:23 ) “O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”– We like to think we are in charge of everything in our lives. In reality, we are only in charge of our choices, our beliefs,…

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  • Monday, February 9 –(Psalm 73:2 ) “But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.” – Faith is not equivalent to overconfidence. It is not about being careless about our ways. If it were not for God, our feet would slip. Without God, left to our own devices, slippage…

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  • Monday, February 2 –“(2 Sam 22:37 ) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip..” – God has given you enough room to walk wherever He wants you to go. While it may seem that the circumstances of your life are overly restrictive and crippling for your ministry, the…

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  • Luke 6:20-49 These thoughts come from the Sermon on the Mount from Luke’s gospel. They are both a review of the sermon in Matthew 5-7 and another perspective. Our comments are brief here and designed to propel questions for digging deeper into the scripture passages.   January 26 – “(20 ) And he lifted up…

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  • January 19 –(Mat 7:24 KJV) “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock” – There are two steps to the process of preparing for a wise and productive life in the Kingdom of God. The first is to…

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  • STEP UP DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS: Week of January 19-25 January 19 –(Mat 7:24 KJV) “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock” – There are two steps to the process of preparing for a wise and productive life in…

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  • STEP UP DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS Week of January 12-18   January 12 –(Mat 7:15 KJV) “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” – The Bible nowhere advocates naiveté that makes His people gullible and susceptible to error. There is a lot of bad teaching in the…

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  • STEP UP is a visioning process for the Fellowship of Joy at Baptist Temple church of Fresno, CA. While these devotional thoughts were written with our campaign in mind, they are applicable beyond that context. STEP UP is a call to Step Up to the plate and hit a home run for God as one…

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