Good Morning Friends, I have a confession. You know those people who call on the phone to sell you something you really do not need nor want. Honestly, I have had some bad thoughts about how eternity should take care of their behavior. But then a friend pointed out another approach and once I had read … Continue reading Will We Be Filled Up Or Fed Up…Building Up Or Burning Up?
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Are We Listening To God For A Sense Of Place And Productive Purpose?
Good Morning Friends, Undoubtedly you are aware of the past, present, and potential future of the places where you grew up. Maybe like Jesus you have lived in multiple places. Jesus lived in both Capernaum and Nazareth but really had no place to call home except for the love he found at Bethany. Perhaps you … Continue reading Are We Listening To God For A Sense Of Place And Productive Purpose?
Are You Leveraging Results With Your Talents?
Good Morning Friends, Serving the Lord is a lifelong mission, although the nature of the work may change. God only holds us responsible for what we can do. Yet, if we pay attention, he will provide an opportunity to serve every day in some way. Here unproductive dread never glorifies God. That is not to … Continue reading Are You Leveraging Results With Your Talents?
Are You Prepared?
Good Morning Friends, The attitude of an evangelist, the Lord’s return and the Christian’s duty converge in today’s lectionary selection. The Bible says no man knows and not even the angels know the time of Jesus’ coming. But when Saint Paul spoke to the Thessalonians, he said the children of light will know the season. … Continue reading Are You Prepared?
What Is Our Responsibility To God?
Good Morning Friends, Well, if you do not believe in God that is one thing, but if you do you really have to wrestle with today’s question. What Is Our Responsibility To God? Scripture: You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you … Continue reading What Is Our Responsibility To God?
What Could Happen Next If We Actually Tried To Please God?
Good Morning Friends, Today we continue to read about the woes of the places and people of worship and the need for them to be cleaned from the inside and the thing is that it is not just in scripture, but in the world in which we live. It would seem the Holy Spirit is … Continue reading What Could Happen Next If We Actually Tried To Please God?
Are We So Busy Trying To Look Good That We Forget To Be Good?
Good Morning Friends, In today’s lectionary passage from Matthew Jesus rips into religious hypocrites that had created their own brand of legalism to perpetuate their own power. The Pharisees were not demonic, evil people but had fallen into a way of worship that was self-serving. They had fallen prey to pride in a way and … Continue reading Are We So Busy Trying To Look Good That We Forget To Be Good?
How Does God’s Endgame Apply To Us Today?
Good Morning Friends, I hope you are entering a time in your relationship with God when God is revealing to you what God is doing. When you open the Bible and when we feast on the Book, this sometimes can happen. Holy History is always moving toward something. When the time is right it will … Continue reading How Does God’s Endgame Apply To Us Today?
Do We Have The Welcoming Countenance Of A Love That Lasts?
Good Morning Friends, Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that the entire world loves a lover and maybe he was right because the Bible is the best-selling book of all time. And it is filled with great love stories that instruct us. These stories are culturally relevant, memorable, provocative, applicable, beneficial, and hopeful for the readers. People … Continue reading Do We Have The Welcoming Countenance Of A Love That Lasts?
What Can We Say To Those Who Challenge Christ If We Do Not Follow The True Spirit Of God?
Good Morning Friends, Today we have the parable of the wedding and its implied vows and the promise of a new heart that God will give to those he has chosen. The stories are not easy reads. In fact, they should trouble us and therein is the lesson. Both stories are full of people whose … Continue reading What Can We Say To Those Who Challenge Christ If We Do Not Follow The True Spirit Of God?
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