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I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up – Matthew 26:57-75
There used to be a commercial for a medic alert device for elderly people that they would wear around their necks in case they fell and needed help. The commercial showed a woman on the floor and she said
Continue reading...Love Says No – Matthew 26:36-46
How many people do you know who have given up on God because He didn’t answer a prayer for them that they felt needed to be answered if God is a God of love? I have heard it many times. I’ve
Continue reading...The Harvest – Matthew 9:35-38
Dictionary.com defines harvesting as that season when ripened crops are gathered. This means the crops are at their maturity and need to be gathered before they begin to deteriorate and are no longer useful.
Continue reading...The Real Source of Righteousness – Matthew 7:7-11
I literally used to believe that God had a cosmic balance scale in heaven on which my good deeds and bad deeds would be measured. What is even more ridiculous is that I actually believed that my good deeds
Continue reading...The Lord’s Prayer 2 – Matthew 6:9-15
You may have noticed in the previous post that one portion most of us are used to saying with the Lord’s Prayer, “For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen” is
Continue reading...The Lord’s Prayer – Matthew 6:5-15
I used to say it every Sunday in church. I often heard it sung. It is called the Lord’s prayer and I have no doubt he prayed it. But I agree with Martin Luther that the prayer is not the exact words
Continue reading...Pray and Talk – Colossians 4:2-6
It was quite popular for awhile to quote St. Francis of Assisi, “Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary use words.” This is a most useful perspective about holiness and its value in evangelism.
Continue reading...Prayer to Endure with Joy – Colossians 1:9-14
Does it matter whether people pray for us to be faithful Christians? If it doesn’t then there is no need to pray. Hasn’t God promised that believers will persevere in the faith? Yes, but He
Continue reading...Pray Like Solomon – 1 Kings 8:22-53
Do you like to pray? I know the answer I am expected to give to that question, but what is your honest answer? One of the great ways to grow in and learn to enjoy prayer, is to study the great prayers
Continue reading...Stunned Silence: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 8:1-5)
I remember watching in horror in 2001 as video captured two airliners crashing into the twin towers in New York and as they burned and ultimately crashed down upon themselves. To this day I don’t
Continue reading...The Wealthy Church: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:14-22)
Many years ago I felt, with others in my congregation, that our church was acting in our own power and mistakenly feeling rich and healthy. But we could see the rot from inside. We began praying that Jesus
Continue reading...When God Told Jesus No: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:32-42)
Many of us struggle with prayer. We feel obligated to talk to God but find it boring, or ourselves distracted, and we get discouraged. We have also experienced God not answering our prayers the way we
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Mark: Hardness of Heart (Mark 3:1-6)
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Philippians (4): Ora et Labora – Philippians 1:9-11
A fascinating book has been published called When Helping Hurts. The sub-title is “How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself.” The authors’ blurb about
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Romans – What Is Our Spain? (15:14-33)
Daily Thoughts from Romans – What Is Our Spain? I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
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