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		<title>Fighting Fire with Bigger and Better Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.” –Proverbs 21:14 I find myself too frequently trying to disarm sin without arming myself with righteousness.  I don&#8217;t know where I get this idea from.  It&#8217;s certainly not promoted in the Bible, which tells us to be properly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=359&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sent Out (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes.  &#8216;Wherever you go,&#8217; He said, &#8216;stay in the same house until you leave town.&#8217;&#8221; -Mark 6:9-10 You&#8217;ve got to be humble.  Jesus didn&#8217;t give His disciples the opportunity to assume they were entitled to anything&#8230;not even an extra set of clothes!  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=334&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of sufferings.&#8221; -1 Peter 5:9 One of the enemy&#8217;s strongest tools is separation, or loneliness.  He deceives people into thinking that their sin has cut them off from God, the church, and even their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=347&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who am I?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to write about why I haven&#8217;t written recently, but I found that to be somewhat ironic and significantly insignificant.  Facts; I haven&#8217;t written recently, and I&#8217;m going to try to change that.  That&#8217;s all anyone needs to really know (myself included). &#8220;Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=343&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sent Out (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Calling the twelve to Him, He sent them out two by two and gave them authority over evil spirits.  These were His instructions: &#8216;Take nothing for the journey except a staff&#8212;no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.&#8217;&#8221; -Mark 6:7-8 When Jesus sent His disciples out to do ministry on their own for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=332&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sent Out (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Mark 6, Jesus sends His disciples out to do ministry on their own.  It&#8217;s the first time they&#8217;ve been released from His side to bring the love of God into the world.  This is what Christ calls each and every one of His disciples&#8212;including you, and me&#8212;to do.  But Jesus is very specific with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=328&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible talks a lot about growing.  The church grew, the gospel grew, believers&#8217; faith grew, and God made (and still makes!) things grow.  Even science tells us that healthy things grow.  One of the best questions you can ask yourself is, &#8220;Am I GROWING in the things that are most important to me?&#8220; We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=326&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are You Thinking These Things?</title>
		<link>http://steverozema.com/2010/02/05/why-are-you-thinking-these-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, &#8216;Why are you thinking these things?&#8217;&#8221; -Mark 2:8 Jesus knows what you are thinking in your heart&#8212;and that inspires me to have better motivation for doing things.  It is far too easy to allow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=316&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being and Doing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8216;Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you;﻿ be courageous and act.&#8217;&#8221; -Ezra 10:4 The Israelites vowed to be with Ezra&#8230;and for Ezra, it was time to get up and DO. Sometimes life is risky, uncomfortable, surprising, wearisome, unclear, heavy, confusing, stressful, or emotional.  And it&#8217;s easy to overlook what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=311&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No, Can Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus is our Savior. Not just when we are raised to new life, but continually.  He saves us and protects us as we walk through life.  But He does not save and protect us from many of the things that seem to worry us most&#8230;when we get too focused on what lies before our eyes, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=steverozema.com&blog=1414118&post=304&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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