One is Run. Picture yourself in a footrace with your head a computer screen or wide screen T.V. As you cross the finish line you fall, shattering the screen into a thousand pieces. Spend some time away from the technology this summer and get in touch with walking in the light. One is Run. Are You Walking … Continue reading WALKING IN THE LIGHT- TEN DEVOTIONALS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
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Are You Prepared For A Miracle?
Good Morning Friends, David killing Goliath was a miracle to some and to others just the way of God… the way of a shepherd. The Bible is filled with these kinds of surprising events. How we view them depends on what we are expecting. And what we know, or we think we know matters in … Continue reading Are You Prepared For A Miracle?
Can We Judge Without Hypocrisy To Show Others We Are Christians?
Good Morning Friends, Maybe you have been thinking about the current war in the Middle East and the role of the United States in the conflict and how it relates to our faith and the nature of war. The Bible's first ongoing war began around 1880 B.C. A King named Chedorlaomer who ruled over the people of Elam … Continue reading Can We Judge Without Hypocrisy To Show Others We Are Christians?
What Is Our Life And Why Do We Exist?
Good Morning Friends, You have heard more than a few lightbulb jokes over the years. And it came to me this morning that it takes three Christians to screw in a lightbulb. One to become the lightbulb, one to believe it is already screwed in and a third to become the light. Well at least … Continue reading What Is Our Life And Why Do We Exist?
Are You Boasting About Your Possessions And Being Possessed By False Treasure?
Good Morning Friends, In today’s Gospel reading Jesus is directing us to stop treasuring our earthly treasures that do not last. But continue to treasure our heavenly ones. The point is that if we are not going to be controlled by our chattels, we must resist treasuring worldly things over life itself, and persist in … Continue reading Are You Boasting About Your Possessions And Being Possessed By False Treasure?
Do You Know How To Make Giving Fun?
Good Morning Friends, Parting with money can be a very troubling experience for those addicted to it. But in the end, you cannot take it with you and neither can I. Getting joy out of making money and even saving it is more readily processed. However, giving money away can be very pleasurable too. Do You … Continue reading Do You Know How To Make Giving Fun?
What Do You Love To Give To Even If It Feels Like A Sacrifice?
Good Morning Friends, When we examine the fascinations of our life, what we give to financially, we suddenly discover what is important to us. We discover that not everyone has a generous heart and that few people are cheerful givers. We learn about greed and guilt, but hopefully also generosity. Friends, few love in a … Continue reading What Do You Love To Give To Even If It Feels Like A Sacrifice?
Are We Following God As Our Leader?
Good Morning Friends, Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. One would think that in God’s providential ordering of the world, that nothing would exist unless God’s good will and pleasure ordained it so, … Continue reading Are We Following God As Our Leader?
Do You Find Bold Strength In The Name Of Jesus And The Promise Offered?
Good Morning Friends, People long for a taste of heaven on earth but too often look for it in all the wrong places. Thankfully, we, like Paul, can have dual citizenship. No we are not both Roman and a Jew as Paul, but we can be both citizens of heaven and earth. Heaven is a subject … Continue reading Do You Find Bold Strength In The Name Of Jesus And The Promise Offered?
Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus?
Good Morning Friends, Today’s lectionary passages remind us what we committed to when we signed up to follow Jesus. They prompt us to take seriously our Christian job description as loving ambassadors, servant leaders and righteous co-workers in a ministry of reconciliation. They tell us to be clear and not lukewarm about our faith…to be … Continue reading Do We See Through A Life That Affirms A Love Of Jesus?
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