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February, 2012
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Gregg's Rest Stop (A Trophy of God's Grace)
Sent Monday, February 20, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
February 20, 2012
Journey in Christ
A Trophy of God's Grace
Having been justified by faith...
we have access by faith
through our Lord Jesus Christ
into this grace in which we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
ROMANS 5:1-2a
Two years ago, I accompanied a friend for his interview to enter the Haven of Rest mission in Anderson, South Carolina. While I was at the mission with him, I became captivated by the mission's focus […]
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Obituary for Eleanor Lee Ashley
Sent Monday, February 13, 2012
Eleanor Lee Ashley
A Daughter and an Angel
Our angel left us quickly to brighten Heaven forever.
Eleanor Lee Ashley was born to Amanda Claire Ashley and Daniel Lee Ashley
of Fayetteville, Arkansas on February 5, 2012 and passed away shortly after birth.
Family
In addition to her parents, she is survived by:
her grandparents Jeff and Mary Hughey of Joplin, Missouri,
Larry and Martha Ashley of Simpsonville, South Carolina,
her four aunts Sarah […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (The Gift of a Heart)
Sent Monday, February 13, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
February 13, 2012
Journey in Christ
The Gift of a Heart
The Lord God said,
I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit within you...
I will put My Spirit within you.
EZEKIEL 36:26, 27
Last week, the first born child of my nephew and his wife died just a few minutes after being delivered. Little Eleanor was so beautiful. It was a blessing to spend time with my nephew and his family in Arkansas before, during, and after little […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (The Living Word)
Sent Monday, February 6, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
February 6, 2012
Journey in Christ
The Living Word
The word of God is living and powerful.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace.
HEBREWS 4:12, 16
Oh how we are privileged by God's grace for Him to produce and preserve His love letter for us (the Bible)!
The Bible is not a dead compilation of rules to make us live by right external behaviors. The Bible is the living Word of God for us to know the true indwelling […]
January, 2012
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Gregg's Rest Stop (Preaching & Counseling)
Sent Monday, January 30, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
January 30, 2012
Journey in Christ
Preaching and Counseling
THE HEART OF COUNSELING
A servant of the Lord must not quarrel
but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
in humility correcting those who are in opposition,
if God perhaps will grant them repentance,
so that they may know the truth.
2 TIMOTHY 3:24-25
THE HEART OF PREACHING
Preach the word!
For the time will come when people will heap up for themselves teachers according to […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (Do Your Best?)
Sent Monday, January 23, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
January 23, 2012
Journey in Christ
Do Your Best?
For if when we were enemies
we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son,
much more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His (resurrection) life.
ROMANS 5:10
This verse speaks of a beautiful union we have with the resurrected life of Christ! Our enemy does not want us to know the reality of this intimate relationship with Christ. There are a lot of sayings that sound so […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (Already Rich!)
Sent Monday, January 16, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
January 16, 2012
Journey in Christ
Already Rich!
You are already full! You are already rich!
1 CORINTHIANS 4:8
God made us alive together with Christ,
and raised us up together, and
made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
that in the ages to come He might show
the exceeding riches of His grace
in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
EPHESIANS 2:5-7
The good news of the gospel is that, through the cross and […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (Light Dispels Darkness)
Sent Monday, January 9, 2012
Gregg's Rest Stop
Journey in Christ
Light Dispels Darkness
Unto the upright there arises light in darkness.
He is gracious and full of compassion.
His heart is established, and he will not be afraid.
PSALMS 112:4, 8
There is a holy tension in every Christian.
Christ indwells us in our re-born spirits. The Lord God says, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you...I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes […]
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Gregg's Rest Stop (Forever New in the Eternal Now)
Sent Monday, January 2, 2012
GREGG'S REST STOP January 2, 2012
Forever New in the Eternal Now
At the beginning of each year, most of us have feelings of hope in starting new again. These feelings are usually short-lived as we resume our daily doings.
In contrast, eternal life mean that God has transformed our beings! We are now and foreve brand new each moment! Our bodies are indeed dying, but our new spirits indwelt by Christ are forever new! This means that there is […]
December, 2011
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Gregg's Rest Stop (day after Christmas 2011)
Sent Monday, December 26, 2011
Thanks be to God for His indescribable Gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15
God wrapped the gift of Jesus in a manger.
Mary wrapped Jesus in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger (Luke 2:7).
God unwrapped the glory of Jesus among us.
Jesus dwelt among us and we beheld His glory (John 1:14).
God wrapped the sacrifice of Jesus in a tomb.
Joseph of Arimathea wrapped Jesus in cloths and laid Him in a tomb (Luke 23:53).
God wraps you in eternal Life.
God has […]