The Missing Manger
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/3/09
Luke 2:7 “And she brought forth her firstborn son,
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in
a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” (KJV)
Take a walk through any mall
And count the Christmas trees and all.
Count Santa Claus and all his elves.
Don't forget the ones on shelves.
Then repeat this same routine.
This time count the Manger scene.
No doubt you'll see they're hard to find.
For on His day, He's left behind.
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:19pm —
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God's Christmas Gifts
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/5/09
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”(KJV)
Christ spoke the words and trees appeared,
And men with axes the forest cleared.
Then from those trees cut boards for walls,
And some were used for manger stalls.
From other boards they made a boat.
On Galilee one ship did float.
And from that ship the Savior taught,
Of life and peace that He had brought.
From God's trees a cross…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:19pm —
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A Stone for Bread
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/2/09
Luke 11:11 “If a son shall ask bread of any of you
that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish,
will he for a fish give him a serpent?” (KJV)
If I ask the Lord for bread.
Would He give a stone instead?
When e'er I look at all the rest,
Have I been given less than best?
Do I think I've been short changed,
And wish my life were rearranged?
The Apostle Paul said, “Be content.” (Phil. 4:11)
When he himself lived in a tent.
At least…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:17pm —
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Doubting While Praying
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/6/09
James 5:15-16 “And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him... The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.” (KJV)
As I went to God in prayer,
I doubted of it's end.
Not in God's power and care,
But in my willful stubborn friend.
I was doubting nonetheless,
Which the Lord says is a sin.
So I stopped there to confess,
And started prayer ag…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:16pm —
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What Things in Your Bible Are Wrong?
Re-composed from W.R.D. by Rev. Dean Beaty 12/7/09
II Timothy 3:16-17 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the
man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” (KJV)
Somethings found in your Bible, are not inspired of God.
Many things found in God's word are really very odd.
Don't take my word but go and see the things I mention…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:15pm —
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God vs. a Computer
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/7/09
Isaiah 49:15-16 “Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands...” (KJV)
http://onepassiononedevotion.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/my-name-is-written-on-the-palms-of-his-hands/
(This poem came about after someone said the wrong name in prayer.)
God is not like a computer that can't think on it's own.…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 7, 2009 at 9:15pm —
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Peaceful or Perplexed
By Rev. Dean Beaty 11/25/09
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (KJV)
Jesus has promised real peace to those who love the Lord.
Do you have the peace of God or do you have discord?
Like the evasive fountain of youth, you will never find it here.
For it only comes from God to those who will draw near.
Only God can give you peace. The Bible makes th…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 1, 2009 at 11:36pm —
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Where is the Manger?
By Rev. Dean Beaty 12/1/09
Luke 2:7 “And she brought forth her firstborn son,
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” (KJV)
I saw a scene that troubled me,
Of many gifts beneath a tree.
And underneath those gifts galore,
A manger scene was covered o'er.
It struck a bitter cord within,
That I believe is a great sin.
There was no room when Christ was born.
Nor is there now this Christmas morn.
Room for…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on December 1, 2009 at 9:11pm —
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Two Mistakes a Fool Makes
By Rev. Dean Beaty 11/19/09
James 4:14 “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little
time, and then vanisheth away.” (KJV)
A man can be a fool in many different ways.
Two are very certain and common for these days.
To say there is no God; the Lord calls him a fool.
No matter how much wealth or if he went to school.
To look up at the stars and not know there's a God,*
To think it's all by chance…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on November 19, 2009 at 11:26pm —
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The Demise of the Godly Man
By Rev. Dean Beaty 11/4/09
Psalm 12:1-3 “Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the
faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity
every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double
heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and
the tongue that speaketh proud things:” (KJV)
“Help, Lord: for the Godly man ceaseth.”
For righteousness has suffered death.
We have turned instead to our own way.
And God's Word we…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on November 5, 2009 at 7:58pm —
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My Song in the Night (sung to “It's Real”)
By Rev. Dean Beaty 11/4/09
Psalm 77:6 “I call to remembrance my song in the night:
I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made
diligent search.” (KJV)
Has your faith in God been weakened
cause deliverance is delayed?
Does the promise of His coming
seem for now to have been stayed?
It is easy to grow weary
when the night is dark and long.
But remember God still loves you.
In the night will give a song.
The Lord never said our pathway
would be smo…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on November 5, 2009 at 7:57pm —
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Magnify the Lord
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/29/09
Psalm 34:3 “O magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together.” (KJV)
John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (KJV)
“O magnify the Lord with me...exalt His name together.”
Praise the Lord with thankful hearts in clear and cloudy weather.
This is the task of all His own; to lift God's name on high.
In all we do and all we say the Lord we magnify.
To magnify means make larger that al…
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Thanksgiving Again
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/29/09
I Thessalonians 5:18 “In every thing give thanks:
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (KJV)
Thanksgiving day is almost here.
It comes around just once each year.
It's good we set this day apart,
But thankfulness should fill our heart.
Not once a year but all year long.
In prayer and praise and also song.
Paul told us, “In every thing,”
Our thankfulness to God we bring.
Let me give you some good advise.
Note all God's gift…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 29, 2009 at 9:05pm —
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The Whole Purpose of God's Plan
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/28/09
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (KJV)
Can the God of all creation, who with words created space,
With the act of merely speaking put the universe in space,
Have the power to save a sinner with His love…
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Trust
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/27/09
Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:” (KJV)
If you trusted God for the new birth,
Then trust Him too while here on earth.
If eternal life is in God's hands,
Then trust His wisdom in all He plans.
Or is your God just for after death;
Once you have taken your last breath?
Then God will show His mighty power.
Is He not so great to trust this hour?
If His wisdom planned the universe,
And sent His Son to redeem the curse.
Did His wisdom somehow s…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 29, 2009 at 9:04pm —
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel
(God's Way is Best)
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/25/09
Does the light at the end of your tunnel
Seem like a million or more miles away?
Is the light that is flickering yonder
Like a candle for a child's birthday?
Sometimes the tunnel seems forever
And the end seems to reach eternity.
You know that with God all things are possible
But there's no hope for a change that you can see.
Even if your trial lasts a life time.
Don't despair for our God is on the throne.
We wil…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 29, 2009 at 9:04pm —
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It is Depressing
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/25/09
How depressing it must be
to go through life and never see
that there's a plan purposed for me
to live with God eternally.
By Christ's blood the way's been made.
Redemption's price by Him was paid.
I could never make the grade.
God did it all without my aid.
If you're not sure of eternity
then turn to Christ and bow your knee.
If you will ask His child you'll be,
for God's grace to you is free.
In God's Word these truths are clear
and that's the g…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 29, 2009 at 9:03pm —
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God's Love or the Devil's Hell?
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/21/09
II Corinthians 5:14-15&21 “For the love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live
unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him.”(KJV)
Some people preach on hell to get folk to…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 29, 2009 at 9:01pm —
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Christ the Only Way
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/18/09
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (KJV)
There's a place for tolerance but the truth we must proclaim.
There's no other way to God except through Jesus' name.
Do all roads lead to Rome? Even maps shows that's not so.
You will never see the Father unless Jesus Christ you know.
Christ said this of Himself; that He's the only way.
How could He make it clearer? What more…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 19, 2009 at 8:02pm —
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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/11/09
John 14:1-2 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (KJV)
Let not your heart be troubled in the midst of world decay.
The Savior gave this promise that He would return someday.
“I'm going to the Father to prepare a place for you.
And there your going to join me when your life on earth is thro…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 12, 2009 at 9:49am —
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The Lord’s Day
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/26/09
Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,
as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.” (KJV)
The Lord’s Day is approaching; the day for Christian rest.
Will you join in worship and have your heart be blest?
So many other interests vie for our leisure time.
To pursue them in the week is not a mortal crime.
But let me illustrate it in away you can critique.
How strong…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:50pm —
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Forward Gears But No Reverse
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/03/09
Choices that we make last far beyond today.
And there is no reverse along our life's highway.
That doesn't mean to say we can't go left or right.
But reversing what's been done is an idiot's delight.
Now we can make amends for bad choices that we made.
But they are not erased it only makes them fade.
Water poured upon the sand can't be put back in the cup.
Can a wrong that we have done ever t ruly be made up?
Be careful what you sow for…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:48pm —
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The Beam In My Eye
By Rev. Dean Beaty 8/30/09
Luke 6:41-42 “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say
to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou
thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out
first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the
mote that is in thy brother's eye.” (KJV)
I’m no…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:43pm —
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The Only Sacrifice
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/25/09
Hebrews 9:26 “For then must he often have suffered since
the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world
hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” (KJV)
Abraham and Isaac, more than father and son.
This is how the nation of Israel begun.
But it wasn’t always smooth, no one would dare suggest.
For God gave father Abraham a mighty big request.
“Take thy young son Isaac and offer him to me.”
And Abraham obeyed wi…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:41pm —
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Trusting God
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/7/09
Genesis 18:25 “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”(KJV)
When the answer does not come in the way you think it should.
Does your faith grow old and cold, you give up on doing good?
Our time is not God's time and our ways are not His ways.
Let the waiting grow your faith. You will find it always pays.
God's ear has not gone deaf nor His hand a little weak.
It's time to trust Him more and His perfect will to seek.
His eyes have not grown dim tha…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:40pm —
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You Are Not Forgotten
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/5/09
II Corinthians 4:17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” (KJV)
I Peter 1:7 “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of
gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise
and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” (KJV)
Do we need reminding that God has not forgot?
Especially when our life is tied up in a kn…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 11, 2009 at 12:39pm —
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God’s Great Gifts
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/23/09
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.” (KJV)
In God’s Word the story is told.
When Christ was born they brought Him gold.
For most today the same is true.
Great gifts are given, all thanks to You.
Minds to think and eyes to see,
A voice to speak to men of Thee.
But how it must make God’s Heart ache,
When men use these His l…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 5, 2009 at 11:42pm —
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Love Demonstrated
By Rev. Dean Beaty 10/2/09
John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all
men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (KJV)
John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.” (KJV)
What’s the best thing I can do, my love to demonstrate?
It’s more than just to do my best to keep my heart from hate.
To demonstrate…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 5, 2009 at 11:40pm —
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Songs in the Night
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/27/09
Psalm 77:6 “I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune
with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.” (KJV)
Now that I am getting old with much more time to spare.
I read again the songs I sang and find new meaning there.
I let the words pass through my mind but this time very slow.
And now I find just what it was the author came to know.
In the past I worked to learn the rhythm and the rhyme.
But to know the author’s heart, I…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 5, 2009 at 11:39pm —
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Tailor Made Temptation
By Rev Dean Beaty 9/28/09
James 1:13-15 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every
man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own (tailor made) lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when
it is finished, bringeth forth death.”(KJV)
Did you ever have a suit made especially for you?
We say it’s, “tailor made,” for it fits you through and thr…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on October 5, 2009 at 11:38pm —
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Changed By Chastening
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/7/09
Hebrews 12:5-7 “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” (KJV)
I know my Father loves me for He’s on my case each day.
This…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:34pm —
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Fear of Man and the Fear of God
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/03/09
Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (KJV)
Isaiah 41:10 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am
thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of my righteousness.” (KJV)
There is no peace for the fearful, for fear is like water on fire.
These two will not go togethe…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:33pm —
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I Am Not a Nobody
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/16/09
I Corinthians 2:9 “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them that love him.” (KJV)
I am not a nobody, for Jesus died for me.
He shed His blood on Calvary from sin to set me free.
I trusted in His saving grace and became a child of God.
My Father is the King of Kings. Now a different path I trod.
I am not a nobody, I’m made in God’s image.
You can find it written right th…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:32pm —
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I’m Thankful, Are You?
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/14/09
I Thessalonians 5:18 “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (KJV)
I’m thankful for forgiveness and that sins are washed away.
I’m thankful for God’s mercy that is new to me each day.
I’m thankful for God’s Spirit who lives within my heart.
I’m thankful for the promises that He will not depart.
I’m thankful that I have a home that God’s prepared for me.
I’m thankful most for Jesus Christ who die…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:31pm —
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Imagining Heaven
By Rev. Dean Beaty 9/18/09
I Corinthians 2:9 “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them that love him.” (KJV)
Can you imagine heaven and eternal life with God,
After men have planted you beneath the earthly sod?
Do you have assurance that heaven’s true for you;
That no power from earth or hell can e’er this truth undo?
Have you read God’s promises? Have you this message heard?
This assurance that G…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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What is The Purpose of Christ in Your Life?
Bt Rev. Dean Beaty 9/20/09
Colossians 1:18 “And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things
he might have the preeminence.” (KJV
What is the purpose of Christ in your life?
Is it to bring peace between you and your wife,
Or maybe to help with financial concerns?
Or to rise in ones work; for this your heart yearns?
There must be a greater purpose than these.
Our walk with the Savior and…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 21, 2009 at 1:29pm —
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I’ve Been Forgiven
By Rev. Dean Beaty 8/30/09
Colossians 1:12-14 “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:” (KJV)
I’ve been forgiven of all my sin by God the Father’s Son.
All the words and thoughts or deeds that I have ever done.
By the death…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 2, 2009 at 2:48pm —
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Removing Dross From Gold
By Rev. Dean Beaty 8/31/09
Job 23:10 “He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me,
I shall come forth as gold.” (KJV)
Often from the trials we face, we ask God to remove.
But look at them from God’s viewpoint. They’re only to improve.
In trials, the thing to ask of God is: “Lord is this from Thee.”
If in the end God has in mind removing impurity.
It’s very clear we do not see our lives as God doth see.
The purpose that God has in mind may not appear to me.
We…
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Posted by Dean & GladysBeaty on September 2, 2009 at 2:46pm —
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I Can’t or I Won’t?
By Rev. Dean Beaty 8/27/09
Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” (KJV)
Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (KJV)
Have you ever said “I can’t”, when you really meant “I won’t”?
Let me tell you why it’s wrong and my advice is, don’t.
If won’t was your true meaning, then cannot was a lie.
It’s better to b…
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