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2024-06-05

Welcoming Gently

Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus to show us a life worth imitating. May I bow in awe of His glory and from that place open my heart to people.

2024-05-25

Becoming A People of Mercy

Mercy, Not Wrath. The church was created not to fulfill God's wrath, but to complete His mercy. True prayer is born of love and comes in the midst of need.

2024-05-19

Isaac’s Shocking Trust

How do I respond to the inexplicable events God allows? Do I trust my truly loving heavenly Father as much as Isaac trusted Abraham?

2024-05-17

This is Love

This is Love: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10

2024-03-23

Nothing Can Separate Us

Can death separate us from God’s love? No. Can life isolate us from God’s love? No. Can angels or demons keep us from God’s love? No.

2024-03-18

Two Penny Offering

Serving and giving are two verbs that describe the essence of the Christian life. I wish this weren't true because I have trouble with both of these. Serving is something I have expected others to do for me, and giving is something I often put off until I have more.

2024-03-18

A Cup of Water

“And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42

2024-03-16

Un-Clump My Salt

Lord, Dislodge the worries that are clumping together the talents You gave me to be Your salt.

2024-03-03

Finding the Good in Conflict

Conflict may be difficult, but good can come of it. Conflict is a part of life, and good-meaning people rub each other the wrong way routinely. The question is how we will deal with it — either destructively or constructively?

2024-03-03

Living Stones

We are like rocks in a stream: bouncing, rubbing, and polishing off each others rough edges.

2024-03-01

Follow Your Hunger

My friend, God is looking for hungry people. Blessed are those who hunger. He is seeking people who are truly seeking Him.

2024-02-09

When the Light Goes Out

there are dark periods in all of our lives simply because we walk the earth. "You are the lamp unto my feet and the light unto my path." (Psalm 119:105)

2023-12-15

The Mystery of Christmas

The mystery of Christmas requires something we rational humans find most difficult: faith. Not some brain-numbing step into an abyss, but rather that which is described in the New Testament: “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”

2023-11-27

Refuge and Strength

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father.

2023-11-21

Have You Forgiven Yourself?

Forgiving Yourself: Is there something in your life for which you feel guilty? You don’t need to. Simply accept God’s love and forgiveness.

2023-10-21

Time to Reflect

Father, help us to be wise. Amen. “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding” Proverbs 4:7

2023-10-16

Be Still

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 Thoughts on today's verse History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it will be true eternally! Reverent silences, a pause in the hectic rush of our lives, reminds us that it is true today.

2023-09-21

I Am Made by God

Thought: am made by God! You are made by God. Just as surely as ANYone has been made by God, we have been made by God. He knew us before anyone knew we

2023-09-09

Long Lists of Stinky Trash

Life has a way of unloading its rubbish on us. Your boss expects too much. Your kids whine too much. Trash. Load after load of anger;

2023-09-02

A New Creature

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

2023-08-18

First Things First

Have you substituted busyness for seeking God, and in doing so allowed something other than God to be your first priority?

2023-08-13

Faith Pleases God

While I know that prayer is wonderful, and that prayer not only changes things but also changes you; while I know that the man of prayer can go right in, and take the blessing from God; yet I tell you that if we grasp the truth that we have before us, we shall find that faith is the greatest inheritance of all.

2023-08-13

Looking through Faith’s Eyes

Our faith must be the eyes we use to see what we cannot see. The unseen, the unknown, the questions without answers… (If God had put every answer in the Bible, we wouldn’t need faith, and our Bible would be so big we couldn’t carry it!)

2023-07-18

How is Your Heart Today?

How is your heart today? Can you say with the Psalmist, “Create in me a new heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me” Psalm 51:10

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