Granger Smith

my new book “Poison In The Well” is available now! Author of Like A River, host @Aftermidnite & 9941 Podcast

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“it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” (1 Corinthians 1:21)
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What’s this message that saves, Paul??
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“we preach Christ crucified” (1 Cor 1:23)

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Jim Caviezel: Tried and Abandoned by His Own Industry
#9941Podcast EP 44

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Seek!

The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him. (Lamentations 3:25)

those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. (Psalm 34:10)

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“The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing…”
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD” (Psalm 33:10;12)
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Blessed with the LORD, cursed without.

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Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. (Psalm 32:10)

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Know this:

“Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you” (Psalm 31:19)

So you can do this:

“Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the LORD!” (v24)

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Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning. (Psalm 30:5)

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For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? (Romans 11:34)
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God was not created or taught or trained. He is not learning or growing or developing. He is total, complete, perfect. No improvement needed.

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The bad rubs off.

“I do not sit with men of falsehood” (Psalm 26:4)

“Do not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)

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To the stuck-

Who is the man who fears the LORD?
Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. (Psalm 25:12)

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Rest Christian worrier! “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18)

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Not 3 Gods. One God. (The Trinity)
#9941Podcast EP 43

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Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Romans 7:24-25)

He has done it. (Psalm 22:31)

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Present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life (Romans 6:13)

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The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul (Psalm 19:7)
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Sure! (v. 7)
Right! (v. 8)
Pure! (v. 8)
Clean! (v. 9)
True! (v. 9)
Better than fine gold! (v. 10)

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Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God…that it may be well with us…” (Jeremiah 42:6)
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Interesting tension to meditate on.

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The greatest news ever:

“we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Romans 3:28)

Believe. That is all.

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Lord, “I have no good apart from you.” (Psalm 16:2)

Shape me into the image of Jesus— less of me. More of Him.

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Feeling:

“How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?” (Psalm 13:1)

Knowing:

“But I have trusted in your steadfast love” (v5)

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Why Halloween Is Getting Out of Control
#9941Podcast (EP 42)