2 Samuel 5:19,20 - "And David inquired of the LORD, 'Shall I go up against the Philistines?... And he said, 'The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.'"

The key to breakthrough is to inquire of the Lord. David did not go forward in his own strength but he waited upon the Lord for wisdom and for clarity.

We need to be in alignment with His Spirit. The more the Lord entrusts to us, the more we must learn to wait upon Him. Too many...

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Every so often, I go places and eat and just happen to shoot the breeze with wait staff. Recently, I wanted to get a good barometer...

2 Corinthians 3:18 - "And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

Steady yourself and stand firm, open your arms and surrender to God's purpose for your life. Ready yourself to receive the weight of God's glory. No more will you be weeping and wailing over what has been lost. You will barely cast a glance at your own life as you rise up to...

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Chattanooga to SC traffic could be removed from I-75 / Downtown I-85 section which would be a great reduction on the roads.

Suggest numbering this interstate I-24.
Basically sign I-24 with I-75 from state line to where the new interstate starts (around Calhoun), Continue the arc connecting to main routes I-575, US 19, I-985 to I-85 .

Future second section: it can use US 29 to Athens, us 78 to Augusta, Then turn south-ish on US 25 to Savannah....

Hosea 2:16 - "'It will come about in that day,' declares the Lord, 'that you will call Me Ishi....'"

Ishi, in Hebrew, is a name which means, "my husband" and expresses the intimacy of a close relationship. You might be in a desert, but the desert doesn't have to be in you. Jesus said there are springs of water in you, "springing up into everlasting life."

The springs begin to well up, and praise and adoration flows out of you. Before you...