Dennis Brady
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Do you ever feel like you are praying the same prayers everyday and wonder if they’re getting past your ceiling? They may not even all be selfish prayers. They could be petitions on behalf of others…for salvation, physical healings, financial… Continue reading
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Be a Positive People Pusher
We made plans a week in advance to take my boat out on Sunday afternoon. I was conflicted. I love taking the boat out and I was excited because I knew that my niece Olivia was excited. She wanted to… Continue reading
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A Diet Coke and Snickers Please…Wait Hold The Snickers!
This blog post is about as random and pointless as any that I have ever written. We can just consider it a rant. Yesterday I was in a public building and wanted a Diet Coke from the vending machine. I… Continue reading
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A Diet Plan That Will Change Your Life
My buddy Arthur ate lunch yesterday at a fastfood seafood franchise yesterday. Name withheld to protect the innocent…me. He struggled the rest of the afternoon to contain it. “I thought it would a good thing to do”, he said regarding his… Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary To Us!
Celebrating in Charleston! Glory to God! Today marks the 7300th (or is it 7300rd???) day that my wife, Sandra, has tolerated me as her husband! Glory to God! He created the Heaven and earth, all living things, walked on water,… Continue reading
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Speak Truth Over Your Life…Raise Dead Things To Life
Will and I read Psalm 119:100-105 this morning in his devotional. While no author is attributed to it, most scholars believe that it was written by King David. I found it wildly ironic. Let me share it with you. … Continue reading
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The Battle
Your flesh screams, “Stay in bed a little longer. You can get up just in time to take a quick shower, drive through McDonalds for a large coffee and 2 bacon, egg and cheese biscuits and still get to work… Continue reading
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The Long Way
God orchestrated the Israelites escape from Egypt because He had a Promise Land prepared for them. But to enter the Promise Land He had them travel through the desert. The desert wasn’t the shortest route. The Israelites could have traveled… Continue reading
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Foolishness
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing…” 1 Corinthians 1:18 I read that this morning and a thought struck me. Of course it’s foolish to those who don’t believe. The Gospel doesn’t make any sense… Continue reading
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The Root of Bitterness
During Elevation Church’s series on Hebrews 12 Pastor Steven encouraged us to read the chapter every day during the series which I did. I came across verse 15 “…see to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of… Continue reading
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Be More Specific With God
As I was riding to work the other day I passed my parent’s house and remembered that I need to borrow my Dad’s truck for this weekend. It wasn’t in his driveway and it occurred to me that he probably… Continue reading
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Code Orange Christmas At Elevation Church
30 Christmas Eve services between Wednesday night and tonight. Over 21,000 in attendance 2182 people stood to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior 1 very special 1 to me… my daughter Shelby! Congratulations, Shelby! I love you! See an awesome… Continue reading
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Kryptonite
I was digging through some boxes the other day and I came across my very first Bible. I was 7 ½ years old and my great aunt and uncle gave it to me for Christmas. Looking through it I was… Continue reading
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Who Can You Count On?
You can’t count on anyone to lift you up when you are down. That sounds negative and I promise you that I’m not holding a gun to my head right now. But it is true and once we realize that… Continue reading
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Believe These Things and Kick the Devil In the Teeth When He Starts Lying to You
No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn…Isaiah 54:17 He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ… Continue reading
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Tis’ The Season
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? It’s upon us. That time of the year. Lights, decorations, festive songs, scented trees, Charlie Brown’s Christmas, long lines in the mall, maxed out credit cards, in-laws, tacky ties and soap-on-a-rope (a gift I… Continue reading
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Waiting, Waiting and Waiting
Yesterday I drove into the bank parking lot and the drive through was backed up 6 cars deep. Contrary to preference, I parked and went inside. I waited, waited and waited. I drove to the post office. I could barely… Continue reading
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The Most Important Book
I mentioned to you that I have a strategy for chiseling my body to resemble a Greek god…well, I didn’t exactly put it that way and I doubt that will happen, but I do have high hopes of getting in… Continue reading
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Choosing Sides
I was watching the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins game last night and Will asked which team I wanted to win. I waivered on my answer. Sandra said, “Can’t you give him an answer? He’s trying to talk to you.”… Continue reading
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Day 100
Exactly 96 days ago I posted, Better Habits, New Habitat, in which I confessed my most consistent character trait, inconsistency and my plan to get over it. It was a 5-5-25-25 plan; 5 minutes of prayer, 5 minutes of Bible reading,… Continue reading
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Your Mistakes Don’t Define Your Destiny
Peter denying Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed is one of the most discussed events in the Bible. And it’s also one of the most encouraging. In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus tells Peter that Satan wanted him, but Jesus Himself… Continue reading
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Who Do You Believe?
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus…Romans 8:1 This verse is telling us that God is not holding our mistakes against us. 1 John 1:9 tells us that “God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins,… Continue reading
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Confidence Is Not a Competition
I was competing against Will in our home bowling alley, Wii style, and I was on a roll, going for a turkey when Will started heckling me to mess up. A question rose up inside of me. Why do we… Continue reading
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The Icy Waters of North Myrtle Beach
Last week my family and I spent a glorious week at the beach. We arrived on Sunday and the late October weather was sunny and 80 degrees all week. God knew that we were coming. We left the following Sunday… Continue reading
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Proving Him Faithful
In yesterday’s post I stated, “If I am dying to self so that He is increasing in me and the Him who is increasing in me is greater than the him that’s in the world, then I shouldn’t be a… Continue reading
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I Want My Best Purpose Driven Life Now
The company I work for recently had its employees take a personality test. It revealed that I didn’t have one. The company then hired a consultant to spend a day with us to help discover our God-given passions. It was an… Continue reading
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Getting To The Root Of Things…
I heard someone talking the other day about how her employer was treating her. She is performing tasks outside the scope of her position and she hasn’t had a raise since she was hired almost 3 years ago. In fact… Continue reading
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Painfully Making Headway
Yesterday was a beautiful, breezy and cool Fall Saturday. A great day for outdoor chores. At least I thought so. Young Prince Will, not so much. Anything other than playing Mario is a “not so much”. But he relented and… Continue reading
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Trust
Hollywood produces a lot of pointless movies. Some are even entertaining. Every now and then one comes along that fails to entertain, but does enlighten and educate. Sandra and I watched one of these the other night. Trust is a… Continue reading
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