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Missing the Friday Night Date . . . psalm 139:17-18
My ninth grader recently asked about "dating." I know a little something about that . . . it was more than just going out like to wolf down a meal or meeting someone at the movie theater (although some people do call those events dates). But my definition going back to college of a date is an event that both I and my date had scheduled well in ( Read more... ) -
My Secret Stash . . . psalm 27:13-14
I have a choice to despair or not to, in the face of seemingly overwhelming adversity. Whether or not I endure depends upon whether I act upon my God-given convictions, in faith. The solution is to . . . believe. Not just believe as in thinking that something exists, like I believe that there is a continent called Antarctica even though I've never ( Read more... ) -
What Can the Repo Man Do To Me? . . . hebrews 13:6
I don't really want a lot of things. Toys don't interest me. At this stage, I'd be pleased to have the debt collectors stop filling up my answering machine. I'd be really happy to be able to answer my phone without having to check the caller ID to see if I can answer the phone without a ten minute discussion with a credit card company. Well, maybe ( Read more... ) -
Preparing for True Riches . . . Luke 16:11
Jesus said . . . I tell you, use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. In this way, your generosity stores up a reward for you in heaven. Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones. If you cheat even a little, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy ( Read more... ) -
decisions, decisions . . . james 4:17
Most of us really would like to have a consistent daily walk, an ongoing fellowship, an open dialog with the Most High God, the timeless Master Designer who spoke into being the heavens and the earth. But I fall short of the mark, short of glorifying God to the fullest in all that I do ( Read more... ) -
Roughing It Is a Black & White Television . . . ezekiel 3:5
. . . that, my friend, is a direct quote from my lovely wife to the mere suggestion that we take our kids camping ( Read more... ) -
The Breastplate of Righteousness . . . ephesians 6:14-16
In today's sunday school, the teacher reminded me of a lesson from about four years ago . . . that in God's perfect plan to equip us for battle, revealed by the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul as he was imprisoned under house arrest awaiting trial before Caesar and writing down what he (Paul) saw in a centurion standing guard there in his ( Read more... ) -
Seven Accountability Questions . . . proverbs 27:17
1. Have you been with a woman anywhere that might be seen as compromising ( Read more... ) -
the problem with do-gooders
Everyone knows someone who is a "do-gooder," and by that I don't mean someone who accomplishes worthwhile tasks. I think of a "do-gooder" as a person that follows rules and then imposes them on other people. Some folk think that they have a ticket to heaven because they go to church a bunch and they follow the Bible which is supposed to be full of ( Read more... ) -
easy chair & ottoman . . . isaiah 66:1-2
God, whose heaven is His easy chair, earth is His foot stool, all that it contains He created. What can I give Him or build for Him? A humble heart! That is what He will respect and appraise as value!
This is true worship . . . Thus says the Lord: "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And ( Read more... )