Thanks in the Little Things
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 A few years ago some friends started a ministry. They left a regular paycheck to build a ministry without much cash or support at the time.…
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And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 Two friends with two different theories for living the Christian life. Friend #1. Go to work and live the Christian life without speaking up about it.…
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This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. Psalm 119:50 Years ago we visited a church. It was early in my own Christianity and I had not studied Psalm 119. The Pastor clearly compared the man who stands in the pulpit telling stories and jokes, rarely relating them…
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“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is…
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Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 Jonah was travelling “away from the presence of the Lord” (Jonah 1:3), sleeping in the inner part of the…
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