Dennis Brady
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Are You Really Crucified With Christ?
“It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20 This is a pretty verse. Popular amongst us Christians. We have it on our shirts, our coffee mugs, our walls, but is it true? Oh,… Continue reading
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Splat!
I’m pretty sure that “splat!” is the sound made when a bug hits the windshield of a car whizzing by at 60mph. I’m equally confident that’s what Kyle and Will heard when I smashed into the racquetball wall going just… Continue reading
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Walks With Toby
I’m blessed. My daily commute to work is 23.4 seconds down a flight of stairs and I can do it in my pajamas. So there are several days a week I don’t have to leave my house. A stricter interpretation… Continue reading
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Where Is the Power?
Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 2:4 that his speech and message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power… I ask you, where do we see demonstrations of the Holy Spirit’s… Continue reading
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Work Is Good
We often associate work with other 4 letter words, not good. But something caught my eye in the Bible this morning that I’ve never noticed. “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to… Continue reading
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The Rock
Will and I were digging a trench today to fix a drainage problem and we hit a rock. A big rock. We think it’s the one that the house is built on. We tried for about an hour to dig… Continue reading
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The Boy Wants a Fire
We’re hosting a Thanksgiving dinner Sunday night and my son, Will, really wants to have a fire in the fire pit. It’s no problem, except that it’s supposed to rain later this afternoon (Saturday) and our firewood will get wet.… Continue reading
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Running Away
I’ve tried running from it all week, but it keeps catching up to me, pokes me in the arm and says, “And?” I’m referring to 1 Samuel 5:1-4. The Philistines captured the Ark from Israel and set it up beside… Continue reading
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Holy, Holy, Holy
Multiple times in Leviticus God commands us to be holy. “Be holy, for I am holy” is repeated over and over. Why does God repeat Himself? To get our attention maybe? Then in the New Testament Peter said in 1… Continue reading
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Good, Good Father
This song written by Pat Barrett, lead singer of Housefires, always strikes a chord with me. Anyone who hears it probably thinks of their own father and those might not be good, good memories. My father died a little over… Continue reading
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Faith Over Fear
Have you missed out on your Divine destiny and purpose because of misplaced fears? Have you lost time wandering in the wilderness of aimlessness because you let people influence you rather than let faith in God guide you? The Israelites… Continue reading
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Judgment Day
“For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written: “ As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us… Continue reading
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Just Believe
“Just believe and I will increase your faith.” Those were the words the Lord spoke to me in my sleep. It wasn’t in the context of a dream. Just the words as clear as crystal. It’s not uncommon. I hear… Continue reading
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Reckless Love
A friend mentioned a while back that he didn’t agree with the worship song, “Reckless Love”. He didn’t think God was reckless. God is order, not chaos and recklessness. I didn’t have a strong counter to his argument. But I… Continue reading
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Awestruck
In Acts 16 we find Paul and Silas falsely accused, beaten and throw into prison with their feet locked in chains. You would think they were on the FBI’s top 10 list. But they were much more dangerous than that.… Continue reading
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Decisions
Decisions. You just made a decision to read this blog post. Thank you. I don’t take it for granted. It’s one of thousands of decisions that you made today. You woke up. Well that was God’s decision, but you chose… Continue reading
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Something To Chew On
I’ve ranted before about the importance of understanding the vernacular at Longhorn Steakhouse. Don’t confuse a “Cowboy” with an “Outlaw”. If you do, you’ll get a couple of dry pork chops instead of the fabulously wonderful bone-in ribeye. And you… Continue reading
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Staying On Course
Driving to Waxhaw without GPS on can be an adventure for me and anyone riding with me. I’m a bit geographically challenged. Any time I’m on a trip that involves long stretches on the same road, even if I’ve traveled… Continue reading
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Lost Treasures
I was a madman on a hunt this morning. Somewhere in this house was a little something that I couldn’t locate. A small Christmas bag with a $50 Outback gift card. I’m looking forward to the ribeye of course, but… Continue reading
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The Light of the World
We attended our church’s candlelight Christmas service tonight and as I held and stared at the flame, a couple of thoughts came to mind. First was about the attributes of light. Light illuminates. Hence the name. Light. Like the fruit… Continue reading
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Incidents and Injuries
My UCFL fantasy football season was humming along beautifully. After a few magical trades the other guys crowned me league champ by week 10. Humbly I must say, my team was a powerhouse. Mahomes Kamara Hunt Mixon DeVante Adams Keenan… Continue reading
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You Know It When It Happens
You know it when it happens to you. You don’t walk away feeling neutral. You feel something. You feel like WOW! You know it because you don’t feel it often. It’s rare and unique. It’s special. I’m talking about amazing… Continue reading
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I Told You So
I have a problem with people saying, “I told you so”. Yes, I’ve said it a gazillion times and each time I play it back in my mind I cringe. Do I think I’m perfect and know everything? Am I… Continue reading
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Keep At It
On Friday morning after Thanksgiving, still hurting and bulging from the holiday binge eating, I asked Google to find me an exercise program. Google led me to The Fit Father Project, “fitness for fathers”. The Fit Father Project gives a… Continue reading
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To You Mr. Convenience Store Owner
This is to the convenience store owner who isn’t very cordial to customers. I know that you are the owner because you and your wife are always there. Your store location is very convenient and I guess you’re hoping that’s… Continue reading
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The Blame Game
When things don’t go our way we often blame someone or something, but does the blame game get us any closer to solving the problem we’re complaining about? Have we moved the dial closer to the life we want by… Continue reading
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Enjoying the Mundane
“Dad, if you don’t stop looking at your menu, the waitress will never come over to take our order.” Will grew frustrated with me as I approached the 15 minute mark of staring at the menu at Monterrey Mexican restaurant.… Continue reading
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Blue
This was my maiden voyage on the new kayak that Sandra and the kids bought me for my birthday. I took it out on Colonel Francis Beatty Park. I chose the closest, smallest body of water possible. After spending an… Continue reading
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Prepare for the Prowling Lion
I’ve read many times the account of Satan tempting Jesus in the wilderness. This time the Holy Spirit gave me a fresh word. They knew each other. This wasn’t their first encounter. God created Lucifer, “bright morning star”, the most… Continue reading
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Does Monk Ever Get Better? (And what does that have to do with a fig tree?”)
Will and I are nearing the end of season 6 of Monk. He’s been in therapy with his psychiatrist, Dr. Koger for 10 years now, three days a week, every week and there’s no evidence of improvement. Dr. Koger must… Continue reading
Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady 