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benjimerritt.com: September 2012
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Friday, September 14, 2012. Walking streets of gold, bumming a cigarette? 8220;Walking streets of gold, bumming a cigarette? The thought actually occurred to me as I struggled with my next step that God laid in front of me. Would if I could have nicotine in heaven? Let me unpack this for you and give you a little background on my situation:. In high school, I became highly addicted to nicotine. For me, any form would do:. Don’t get me wrong:. Basicall...
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benjimerritt.com: October 2012
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Monday, October 8, 2012. This weekend my wife and I were invited to spend the weekend at the beach with some friends. Several couples were invited, and Saturday morning we all piled into the back of his pickup truck and rode out to the beach to sit by the ocean. On the way there, I noticed something spectacular that I haven’t noticed before; butterflies! I am in God’s backyard. It humbled me as I began to let my mind wander. God provided for them.
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benjimerritt.com: April 2012
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Thursday, April 19, 2012. When my wife was pregnant with our first child, I walked into a jewelry store one afternoon and bought her a nice set of diamond earrings. It was random, spur of the moment and probably not a wise financial move at that moment of my life. With all of that being said, I didn’t care! I loved my wife more than anything else in the world. The night she was in the in the hospital delivering our son, I gave them to her. 8220;Or sup...
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benjimerritt.com: October 2011
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Monday, October 31, 2011. Is a passage that we all have heard many times. It is the passage in the New Testament where Jesus gives us the Lord's prayer. Today, most of the folks around the world know it by heart. If you are a child of God, He teaches us to pray with boldness. Here are a few thoughts that have humbled me this week:. I am a sinner. What I deserve is hell. What I was given is a gift from God because He wanted me as His child. Are some ch...
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benjimerritt.com: March 2012
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Monday, March 26, 2012. I toured a manufacturing plant this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While touring the facility, one thing that the folks repeatedly mentioned was how little their manufacturing process impacted the environment. He called it their “environmental footprint”. In other words, they were doing all they could to leave a positive impact on the environment. When I flew home on Friday, I was informed that a friend of mine had passed suddenly.
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benjimerritt.com: January 2012
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Tuesday, January 31, 2012. I wanted to take a second and tell you how excited I am for what God is doing in my church. The musicians in our church have released and awesome worship album entitled ". I highly recommend it, and can't wait to see how God uses this project for His own glory! To check it out in itunes. Friday, January 20, 2012. Called to be a loser! Exactly a one year ago I was baptized. (To see my story click here. Possibly a staff positi...
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benjimerritt.com: August 2011
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Friday, August 26, 2011. If you are married long enough, chances are that you are going to screw-up from time to time. Some screw-ups are big, some are small, but there is 100% certainty that mistakes are going to be made. Sometimes it’s the husband’s fault, and sometimes it’s the wife’s. Occasionally both are to blame! The question is this: No matter what happens, are you going to stick or are you going to run? One thing came to mind when reading thi...
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benjimerritt.com: July 2011
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Monday, July 25, 2011. From time to time, I will read a book that knocks me off of my feet. 8220;Forgotten God”. By Francis Chan did just that. I highly recommend it to anyone who would like to learn a scriptural view of the Holy Spirit, and how He interacts in our lives as Christians. Let me unpack this for you: somewhere along the way, I began to cultivate a warped view of the trinity (One God in three persons:. I began to see God like a totem pole:.
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benjimerritt.com: September 2011
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Wednesday, September 28, 2011. God's Spirit: Without Limit. Photograph by: Phyllis Keating. 65279; We have tremendous water pressure at our house. It is wonderful, especially when we are washing dishes or a car. Having indoor plumbing in the 21. Century is a beautiful thing. Sometimes, when I want to fill up a water bottle, I barely turn the faucet and a small stream of water will come out of it. I use just the right amount, and then turn it off again.
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benjimerritt.com: Beaches and Butterflies
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A place to encourage others as they walk with Christ! Monday, October 8, 2012. This weekend my wife and I were invited to spend the weekend at the beach with some friends. Several couples were invited, and Saturday morning we all piled into the back of his pickup truck and rode out to the beach to sit by the ocean. On the way there, I noticed something spectacular that I haven’t noticed before; butterflies! I am in God’s backyard. It humbled me as I began to let my mind wander. God provided for them.