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My Declaration of Dependence

July 4, 2014
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| Categories: Jesus

 

I’m focusing on celebrating the 4th of July with my family and friends today.  We’re talking about the brave independence we declared long ago and also our need for dependence on the Lord now.  Please enjoy my post from last year’s celebration!

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I love my country and the people who serve and have served me…us…with their lives.  I join today with others with thanks to God for our freedoms and our nation.  We are blessed, but I can’t help thinking on each Fourth of July about how…

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A Declaration of Dependence

July 4, 2013
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| Categories: Encouragement, Spiritual Growth, Who we are in Christ / Identity of a believer, Yielding and Waiting

jesus feet I love my country and the people who serve and have served me…us…with their lives.  I join today with others with thanks to God for our freedoms and our nation.  We are blessed. But I can’t help to think each Fourth of July about how I feel a bit strange declaring our independence.   Is it because I think perhaps that is what is wrong with us?  More and more of us in this country and the culture of our country are declaring our independence from God.  It characterizes…

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