Tag: Faith
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Giving Thanks: Our Unchanging God
Since I will be on vacation for the next two weekends, I am reposting for this week and next week. This week is a repost from November of 2010. While some of the language is specific to that year, the thoughts behind it are still true. I hope that this is a timely encouragement during…
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Pressing On – Part 1: Turning the Page
I was reminded recently that we can get distracted from pressing on in our walk with God. Things close in, demands seem overwhelming, responsibilities push for our attention and we can let our time with God dwindle away. But pressing on in our life with God is what makes us fit for the demands and…
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Remembering September 11th and What Followed: A Moment of Honor and Nobility
Something I post every September 11th. Pray for peace. “But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor…
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Gardening Tips: Tilling The Soil
Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. – Matthew 13:5-6 There is not much that I have eaten in this world the matches…
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Read the Directions: Shake Well Before Using
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. – Psalms 139:23-24 (NIV) My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that…
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Pressing On: Turning the Page
Due to an illness, this is a re-post from February of 2010. I hope it is a blessing to you. Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those…
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The Discipline of Presence: Praise, Prayer and Grateful Living
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NRSV) Paul presents in this passage the hat trick of living in the present. A trinity of disciplines that seem almost impossible, but “nothing is impossible with God.” Paul…
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The Discipline of Presence: History Lessons
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us…
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The Discipline of Presence: Forgiveness
Matthew 6:9-15 (NIV) “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation,…
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The Discipline of Presence: Being About Today
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in…
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