Author: matt
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Getting outside of the Box
I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. I Corinthians 9:22 This is my box (a parable) In it is contained the way that God works (or at least the way He should work). In this box, there are all the methods that must be used if…
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divine discontent
…for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am… in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. (Phil 4:11-12) As a disciple of Christ — there should be within you a secret that sustains you. Growing…
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wisdom
There was a young man named Solomon. His father had died, and he found himself to be King. A daunting task for anyone, much more so for a young man. The Lord appeared to him in a dream one night. “Ask what I should give to thee” said the Lord. “I’m just a child” Solomon…
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stay-cation
I took the past couple of days off from work to spend time with my family. We did a little gardening and then spent one day in Palm Springs (’cause the weather was nice) and the next in L.A. (’cause the weather was nice). We hiked Palm Canyon, went to an Air Musuem, hung out…
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slipping out of sleepiness
“Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” – Eph 5:14 There was a movie about 20 years ago or so called “Awakenings” with Robin Williams. In the movie — patients in an institution who had been in a catatonic state for decades are miraculously “wakened” by a new…
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radical love
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers… (Eph 1:15-16) This was the text I taught from last week in our home Bible study. It seems like just…
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my story
I updated my About page — and thought I’d share with you my family’s testimony. So here it goes Hi. My name is Matt Higgins. I grew up in the church, quite literally. My parents hosted a Bible study when I was an infant that…
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look up
Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. (I Thess 4:17-18) When I was a kid — growing up, I would see clouds…
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idolatry
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. John 5:39 There is an idolatry sometimes in our hearts that needs to be addressed. How we need to apply the scriptures to our lives! How we need men and women who can teach the…
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a word to pastors
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 This verse beautifully illustrates the way the Holy Spirit works: He moves where HE wishes. He goes where HE…
Invited & Called 