Good Morning Friends, When we invite Jesus to be in our midst in worship and home life some amazing things can happen. Things like receiving new insights and knowledge and healthier emotions. When we bring our passions and gifts to the Lord, we can glorify God. But there is a challenge to the human condition. … Continue reading Who Are We That God Should Favor Our House?
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Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life?
Good Morning Friends, The lectionary selections are rather lengthy given the importance, depth, and extent of effect of the Baptism of Jesus. The children’s chat was about water and baptism on Sunday, but the sermon was on suffering and death as was yesterday’s devotional. I understand from a friend of mine that Karl Barth suggests that … Continue reading Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life?
What Do We Gain By Suffering And Dying?
Good Morning Friends, When I was seven years old my older sister, who was a High School Cheerleader, brought the team over to our ranch-style home in southern Illinois. It was after one of their practices and they all plopped themselves in front of the fireplace on the floor. They were complaining about all sorts … Continue reading What Do We Gain By Suffering And Dying?
What Is The Honest Potential Of A Christian Leader?
Good Morning Friends, We all know the arrival of the New Year means it's time for a celebration and the making of New Year’s resolutions. All that kind of passed me by this year though we are having a choir party later today. Part of making it a bit more somber is the Jimmy Carter … Continue reading What Is The Honest Potential Of A Christian Leader?
When Did You First Feel An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love?
Good Morning Friends, I asked my three-year-old grandsons to tell me about God. One said, “God made everything. God understands pain. My pain. He wants us to pray and go to church.” The younger of the two simply said. “God is in me.” They did not say that God is love but somehow it … Continue reading When Did You First Feel An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love?
Why Did Jesus Walk On Water?
Why Did Jesus Walk On Water? Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we looked at the story of one of the most famous of Jesus’ miracles, the feeding of the 5000. And we shared some linkages with that miracle and the story of Moses. And in it we see that Jesus is moved to compassion and is bigger … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Walk On Water?
Will We Take God’s Inspirational Math To Heart?
Good Morning Friends, Today’s telling of the feeding of the five thousand is from Mark and it reads like a Kingdom minded sacrament in anticipation of a feast in heaven and more than just the miraculous provision of food by a compassionate Jesus or a remembrance of how Moses and the tribes gathered in groups … Continue reading Will We Take God’s Inspirational Math To Heart?
Will We Be Transformed By The Reality We Are Loved Into Being?
Good Morning Friends, It is not as easy as it looks when you are trying to forgive yourself for something that you have done wrong. As a society there are several things we have done that in retrospect are not healthy mentally or physically. Cultural forces have an effect on our health. For example, despite … Continue reading Will We Be Transformed By The Reality We Are Loved Into Being?
Are We Ready For An Epiphany Guiding Our Deliverance And Growth?
Good Morning Friends, Most people are in the process of putting up their Christmas tree decorations and the nativity scenes and the Advent Calendars are being packed away. We fast forward to Jesus’ baptism or to the coming of the wise men or other passages, perhaps forgetting that Jesus had to grow up like … Continue reading Are We Ready For An Epiphany Guiding Our Deliverance And Growth?
What Do The Names Of Jesus Mean To Us?
Good Morning Friends, I tend to like the number three in the names of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost…Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, for the Trinity brings meaning to me in my relationship with God. Billy Sunday however, a famous evangelist of a hundred years ago is credited with saying that there are 256 names in the … Continue reading What Do The Names Of Jesus Mean To Us?
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