Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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Perspective
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown…
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“Lent to the Lord”
27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. 1 Samuel 1:27-28 In so many ways the world minimizes…
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Send Them Away
“And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, ‘This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, ‘They need not depart; give ye them to eat.” Matthew 14:15-16 “Send them…
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Curiousity
“Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.” Matthew 9:10 Many a curious mind has discovered ideas, lands, and inventions that anyone could have revealed, but only the curious could see and know the as of yet unseen and unknown. When…
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“Never So Seen”
“It was never so seen in Israel” Matthew 9:33 Jesus commanded control of nature, touched the lepers, embraced the unclean, called the outcasts to know and serve Him, and offered forgiveness to sinners. As the crowds watched they gave their assessment, “It was never so seen in Israel.” Leading up to this moment Jesus had…
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Although…
(17) Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: (18) Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,…
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Accountable
26 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and…
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Snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” The Bible, Isaiah 1:18 Have you ever wondered why snow appears white? People much smarter than me explain why. When photons…
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Excuses
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. – Proverbs 22:13 “Get there before the other man. Work harder than the other man. Stay later than the other man.” My pastor repeatedly taught me these three maxims many years ago. He repeated them to the point that…
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“Of Zebulun”
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war,…