Posted: June 27, 2024
As Jesus was discussing fears, worries, and anxious thoughts, he said this to his disciples: “Do not be anxious about your life.”1 Then he highlighted a specific situation regarding worrying over food and clothing, using flowers and birds (who do not worry, yet God takes care of them) as a good example. But .
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Posted: June 20, 2024
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”1 It sounds more demanding written in the King James Version, doesn’t it? But what does it mean, this third commandment that we have conveniently overlooked and almost completely eliminated from our minds? The first response would probably be not to use God’s
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Posted: June 13, 2024
Before there were kings that ruled nations, there were judges. The judges’ job was to instruct and encourage the Israelites to serve God as their king, but some judges were not very good at their job. Over and over we read “the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the
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Posted: June 6, 2024
If God is sovereign, why do people suffer? If God is good, why are there storms? Luke tells a great story that answers those questions. It’s his story—one that he experienced when he was accompanying Paul, who was a prisoner on his way to Rome. They were on board a ship sailing on
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Posted: May 30, 2024
Our earthly lives require us to move at different speeds. The same is true of our life in Christ. At times we need to “be still.”1 We must also make time to be like Mary “who sat at the Lord’s feet.”2 Other times we need to “stand firm.”3 Sometimes we will need to
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Posted: May 23, 2024
“If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ they do not belong to Christ.”1 That’s pretty clear. And not only do believers have his Spirit, they also “have the mind of Christ.”2 Which is pretty amazing! But if believers have Christ’s mind and his Spirit, then why do so many struggle so much?
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Posted: May 16, 2024
Paul writes, “for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”1 The question is, have we? Have we “learned to be content whatever the circumstances”? I would say, much of the time, no. For we do not stay satisfied long. We continually ask God for things. Of course, we are instructed to “pray without ceasing.”2
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Posted: May 9, 2024
I was driving down the interstate and carefully shifted into the outer lane in order to pass the slower moving cars. I was going 70-mph in the 60-mph zone. Suddenly a car appeared behind me. He was right on top of me! It startled me, and I said aloud, “Where did you come from?” He
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Posted: May 2, 2024
Three Scenarios of Trying to Be Good Scenario #1: Recently, Ruth, my 95-year-old mother-in-law called me from her hospital bed. She had been admitted due to multiple issues that were causing her to feel weak and sick. “Hey Deb,” she said when I answered the phone. “Ruth, how are you?”
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Posted: April 25, 2024
The first commandment is the key to understanding everything. It reads: “You shall have no other gods before me.”1 It sounds simple to us: Love God. Okay. We got it. No problem. And that’s the problem. 🙁 We probably break this commandment every day of our lives! 😯 And here’s how. St. Augustine said,
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