rickvan on April 4th, 2009

  MY TREASURE Foundation Scriptures: Matthew 6:19-24 Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. 20 But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust [...]

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rickvan on March 24th, 2009

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him. ACTS 10:38   I have good news for you: God is good; Jesus is good. God wants to bless you! Jesus wants to [...]

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rickvan on March 14th, 2009

Why did God have to do it that way? Ever since Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, man had been separated from God by his sin. So God needed a sinless man to pay the price for sinful mankind. Only a man who was without sin could pay the penalty for sinful man. God [...]

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rickvan on February 23rd, 2009

  Another minister informed me – comparing his ministry to the ministry of another – that his ministry was a Cadillac and the other was a Yugo. I thought to myself, then I must be the hubcap on the Yugo. One preacher informed a friend of mine that he was one of the top five [...]

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rickvan on January 11th, 2009

The apostle Paul accepted what it intended to be pushed to the boundaries of his life. According to his letters, he knew a lot about difficulty, trouble, and trial. But he was most well informed about the final significance of all those distressing experiences glorifying Jesus thru his weakness. We do not wish to feel [...]

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