"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)

Jim Novell

By This We Know Love

The following was originally posted in April 2023.  It includes some minor revisions.  Do you know the love of God? Do you personally, intimately and experientially know the width and length and depth and height of the love of Christ which passes (human) knowledge. The Apostle Paul prays for Christians in Ephesians 3:14-19 that we […]

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Our Redeemer King (Part 2)

One of the most famous and glorious musical compositions ever written outside of the Psalms is Handel’s Messiah.  It was composed in 1741 by George Fredric Handel as an English-language oratorio, which is defined as “a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme, performed without the use of

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Our Redeemer King (Part 1)

Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!  Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.  Sing praises to God, sing praises!   Sing praises to our King, sing praises!  For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises

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Our Servant King

I suspect that every mother desires great things for her children, that they will grow up and become successful, dignified, someone who others respect and look up to, someone a mother can be proud of. No mother had greater aspirations for this than Mrs. Zebedee, the mother of Jesus’ disciples, James and John, also known

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The “Vandalization of Shalom”

When I think of peace or Shalom from a Biblical perspective, I cannot imagine a more precious commodity to be in possession of.  A tranquil mind, an unburdened conscience, rest in our soul and uninterrupted, ever-increasing joy and gladness in our hearts and lives were what we were created for. Yet, because of sin, we

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RESOLVED – To Live This Year (and every) Year for the Glory of God

This was originally posted in January 2021. I have made some minor revisions.  We begin the New Year 2021, one year closer to Jesus’s return.  In the interim we look to the coming year with great hope and expectation, particularly after enduring the trials and tribulations of 2020.  The hope of a more fulfilling life

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The Magnificent, Marvelous, Majestic, Miraculous Grace of God – DESPISED! 

This was originally posted in December 2022. I have made some minor revisions.  Grace is one of the most glorious, pervasive and essential truths in the Bible. It is why I am a Christian. And, according to scripture, it is the only reason anyone is a Christian (Ephesians 2:4-5).  I previously wrote on the glory

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