Category: Remant encouragement faith
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“…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5, KJV) When the Door Closes Some say the door On which Jesus knocks Is the entrance We first bid Him come in To show us The Way, Truth, and Life. Others say it opens Seventy times seven, when We pray, knees…
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But Jesus, said unto them, “A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” (Mark 6:4, KJV) What kind of gloomy muse Would animate Such poetry When life goes on As it seems it always has? But has it? And who are these…
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Introduction “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother” (Proverbs 1:8, KJV). What prompts the poem below are two sayings: “’Tis education forms the common mind, just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined’ (Alexander Pope), and “Give me the child until he is seven and…
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So what am I doing In the kitchen If Mary has chosen better? Who else will knead the loaf Arrange the olives and dates Count and place The cups and plates For the crowd at the door? Yet He says she’s Chosen better To sit, to hear. Then I, lesser? He doesn’t say. But He…
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Introduction to the series. After years of unpacking the religious system into which I was born and that I exchanged fifty-three years ago for the simplicity and profundity of God’s final Words on the unvarnished Gospel, I have only three words, now, to offer other searchers who dare to (long to, gather enough courage to,…
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In this busy, frenzied era where of necessity or grooming (or both) information is shortened for shortened attention spans—or simply due to the limited amount of time we take–or even have–to grasp or communicate messages (seven words to make a sale; “FIRE!” to clear the room), I am reminded of Jesus’ one-liners, you might put…
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I’m that old to have been writing music and strumming a guitar back in the Jesus Movement days. Today’s “musical respite” for you, dear reader, is from my “archive” resurrected from a fragile beat-up cassette tape with the help of my daughter Jenni and son-in law Gary who are eons more knowledgeable about technical thingies…
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“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20 NIV) In such a time as this When truth is often excised From revelation By the tongues– Sharp as scalpels Slick as blood–…
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Update: I have not disappeared! I just yesterday concluded a year and a half of an intense education ministry, and I have a calendar at the moment, literally, ramping up in writing, music, and other service opportunities. The following video seems of the utmost priority this morning. The topic, generally speaking, is on what many…
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From the archives at https://pnissila.wordpress.com/category/is-it-the-silent-treatment-or-emotional-survival/ Click here for all 6 posts in this series from 2013-2017. Update, May 2026 The destructive nature of verbal abuse, specifically covered in this series, and how to deal with it has been expanding both in the Church and in the world since I began this series on 2013 on…
