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		<description><![CDATA[I took these shots one-handed out the windshield driving home today. I was surprised to see the sun and was shocked when I realized that the sun was still shining when I got home. That means longer days. And longer days mean time for post-work disc golf. And that makes me unbelievably happy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=154&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Captain of our souls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While reading the great and small work (112 pages) of The Practice of the Presence of God (the cover of this new printing is creepy–the old cover was better) by Brother Lawrence, I came across these nuggets of gold: The time presses, there is no room for delay; our souls are at stake &#8230; Not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=150&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Umbrella and the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It rained on my drive in to work this morning, but after I parked, the rain tapered off and it was only spitting as I walked to my building. I carried my umbrella, but didn&#8217;t open it for five or seven minutes. Instead, I carried the umbrella under my arm with my arms stuffed in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=120&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fasting is like surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to write about fasting last night but didn&#8217;t have time before sleeping. Interestingly, I ran across this post on the Resurgence site this morning. It seems most Christians today view fasting is a ritual from the Old Testament, right up there with ash and sackcloth and sacrificing goats. Or it&#8217;s viewed as something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=91&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Mediator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus: Our High Priest, our Passover Lamb, Our Salvation Goal: Point out with scripture how Jesus is our perfect priest, our perfect sacrifice and our way to connect with God. Since Jesus walked with us, experienced and beat every type of temptation and then bore them on the cross, He can understand and emphasize our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=83&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Golgotha Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How we view the cross determines how we view other people Goal: Too often we believers put ourselves on higher ground than non-believers. We don’t see the situation the way God sees it. We judge others based on our ultimate priority. We forget from where we came. And most importantly, we forget who pushed us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=79&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A bill of goods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus came not to make us feel better and rich. He came so we can live this life free from the clutches of sin and so we won&#8217;t rot in hell, eternally separated from God. Hell is what we earn, but Jesus came to give us new life, a fresh hope, a mediator between each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=77&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My brief Christmas prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Lord, Thank Your for the humility You showed when You sent Jesus to this earth and thank You for Your awesome faithfulness even when we are faithless. Convict us of our sin. Convict us of our desperate need to make a decision to accept you as our King and Savior. Help us to realize [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4063039&amp;post=75&amp;subd=matthewforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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