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The Worth Of Someone You Love

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 3, 2025

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My niece was going through a bit of a hard time, so I decided to send her a tiny bit of money to help. I included it in a nice card thanking her for solving a big problem for me recently. The money wasn’t as much as I would like to have sent I thought, as I was writing a note to include. I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8, John 13:34, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Tags: Love, Debt, Helping Others, Needy

Denomination: Charismatic

She Did Not Know Who She Was Talking To

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 2, 2025

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One day I called at the counter of the tiny post office in rural Arkansas to pick up a package they were holding for JPH (my company). When the lady bringing my package looked at the PO Box address on it, she said Oh good, you work for JPH. And I said Yes maam I do. She had been watching for ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:3, Ephesians 4:29

Tags: Words, Speech, Tongue

Denomination: Charismatic

We're Don't Always Know Who We're Talking To

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 2, 2025

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Proverbs 10:19 - 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. Sometimes we are so busy talking that we aren’t even talking to who we think we are talking to. I have to tell yall a story about my sweet little Southern Mama who is now in heaven with ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:3, Ephesians 4:29

Tags: Words, Tongue

Denomination: Charismatic

Have You Ever Asked God To Wake You Up In The Morning?

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 23, 2024

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Be careful what you pray for. We all know the feeling of trying to wake up to a blaring alarm clock. I had been really tired from working late and had overslept several times in the past week. I was traveling at the time, not at home. It wasn’t an emergency since I work from wherever I am, but I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7, Mark 11:24, 1 John 5:14

Tags: Faith, Prayer, How To Pray, Answered Prayers

Denomination: Charismatic

Come As You Are

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Nov 21, 2024

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A friend of mine in Louisiana had his 11 year old nephew for the weekend just after the uncle had had a close call with death and gotten released from the hospital. On Sunday morning, his nephew approached him. “Come on, Uncle, let’s go to church!” “But Dom, you don’t have any church clothes ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:18, Matthew 11:27, Romans 5:8

Tags: Come As You Are, God Loves All People

Denomination: Charismatic

Don't Dress Up Your Sin

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Nov 9, 2024

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Some churches like to play dress-up. They like to dress up their sin and give it fancy labels like equality and tolerance. But sin is still sin, yall. When you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23

Tags: Sin, Consequences Of Sin, Veering Off The Right Path

Denomination: Charismatic

Life Is A Highway And Sinning Puts You In The Wrong Lane

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Nov 8, 2024

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Life is a highway alright. And if you stay in your own lane on that highway, you'll probably do great. But if you get into the other guy's lane which is unlawful for you to be in, you probably won't last long. Sin is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23

Tags: Sin, Consequences Of Sin

Denomination: Charismatic

The Two Subjects Nobody Wants To Hear Preached About

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Nov 8, 2024

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In the 15+ years I have been preaching,I have discovered there are two subjects nobody wants to hear a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:38

Tags: Sin, Giving, Obstinance

Denomination: Charismatic

What Percentage Will Go To Heaven?

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 21, 2023

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[Pastor Clendennen speaking:] For many years, in the church I pastored, we had an all-night prayer meeting the last Friday night of every month. One such Friday night, out of four-hundred members, there were forty-one of us present. As I was praying, I heard this Word from the Lord: “You are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:40-42, 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 1:7

Tags: Rapture, Bride Of Christ, Return Of Jesus

Denomination: Charismatic

Stay Plugged In

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jan 25, 2023

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A friend of mine emailed me something so true about staying connected ... When God made trees he spoke to the earth. When God made fish he spoke to the water. When God made man he said let us make man in our image. He breathed life from Him into us. These three things are alive. however they ...read more

Scripture: John 15:5

Tags: Connected To God, Where We Draw Power, Our Connection To God, We Can't Live Without God, If We Disconnect (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

How We Stop God From Answering Our Prayers

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 24, 2022

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Recently, the Lord moved me from Arkansas to Louisiana. I was so happy to leave Arkansas and be released from it – it had felt like an overgrown prison to me. As I drove south on the interstate, I was thanking and praising God for a new start in a new place when He impressed upon me that I could ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:13, James 3:6

Tags: Unanswered Prayers, Preventing God, Words Stout Against Him, Tongue, Power Of Words (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Scratch Resistant

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 6, 2022

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I was emailing with a friend about the intense testing we all seemed to be experiencing when she emailed back to me: I think a very good analogy for the unending intense spiritual attacks is to liken it to how a diamond is formed… Diamonds are formed under extreme pressure and intense heat, ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 13:9

Tags: Endurance, Fiery Trials, Spiritual Strength, Refining, Tests, Spiritual Attacks (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Not A Popular Subject

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Nov 26, 2022

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I used to try to teach on giving about once a year and that focused on tithing because I watched my Mom’s life. She never made even enough money to live on, yet God never let her do without. She kept tithing and giving whether she was doing well or doing not so well. You know, the two LEAST ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10, 2 Corinthians 9:7, Luke 6:38, Proverbs 11:24

Tags: Giving, Tithing, Alms

Denomination: Charismatic

It Just Takes Over

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jul 21, 2022

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One day my friend was looking at the beautiful blooming wisteria vine entwined in the fence by her home thinking how the woody vines just take over everything around them and choke the life out of it. They are extremely hard to eradicate once they've taken hold. Wisteria is actually an ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23

Tags: Death, Sin, Wages

Denomination: Charismatic

We’re Not Always Headed In The Direction We Think We Are

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on May 30, 2022

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Once while living in Dallas, I witnessed to someone I worked with who proceeded to tell me they believed they just needed to be a good person to go to Heaven. Though I explained what the Bible says about being saved, they rejected my witness and went on with their life. It was clear to me they were ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:17, Proverbs 3:6

Tags: Deception, Truth, Right Path, Wrong Doctrine

Denomination: Charismatic

Sin Changes You

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 21, 2022

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I heard a quote many years ago that I believe is from a movie I do not recommend called 8mm. (it is about human trafficking or some other awful thing). The quote is so true: If you dance with the devil, the devil dont change. The devil changes YOU. We can see this principle illustrated so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:9

Tags: Sin, Temptation, Compromise

Denomination: Charismatic

His Rightful Place

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 11, 2022

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I have a dog named Simba. I named him Simba because he is the color of a lion and he has the personality of a lion even though he is a chihuahua. One afternoon, we were really tired and I decided to take a quick nap with Simba. Simba has a certain place on the bed beside me where he always lays. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33, Luke 10:41

Tags: Putting God First, Resting, Making Room For God, Making Time For God

Denomination: Charismatic

I Don't See The Evidence

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 31, 2022

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I was with a friend talking to a new acquaintance when she began touting the virtues of a weight loss book she had read a few years earlier. “It will completely change your relationship with food,” she exclaimed, insisting he take down the name of the book and its author. I saw the man glance at ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22, James 1:23, James 1:24, James 1:25, 2 Corinthians 8:21 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Doer Of The Word, Integrity, Honesty

Denomination: Charismatic

Putting God First

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 18, 2022

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I woke up this one morning recently around 7am which is fairly late for me, still very tired, and about 10 minutes into reading the Word trying to drink my coffee to wake up, I knew I would not be able to stay awake through all my prayers at that level of fatigue. But I was trying to make sure in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:16, Psalm 63:1

Tags: God First, Seek God Early, Word Of God, Priorities

Denomination: Charismatic

Not What Was Expected

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 16, 2022

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Integrity is when something is the same all the way through. Pure gold is gold and only gold, all the way through. 14kt gold is less than pure, but other metals give it a hardness that allows more uses such as making beautiful jewelry from it. The bible calls the condition of being one thing ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:21, James 3:11, James 3:12, James 3:13, Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:28 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Integrity, Hypocrisy, Tongue

Denomination: Charismatic

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