Birthday Card Guilt
Do you ever feel like you should repent because you have been in a card store reading Birthday cards? February and March are big birthday months for our families so I had to spend some time looking for the “right” card for several people. I admit that I laughed out loud at some and at…
Read MorePaying for Sin
But now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.’ 1 Samuel 2:30b When my children were in junior high I came home from running errands to find them watching the Jerry Springer show. I warned them that…
Read MorePleasant Places
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 1Peter 4:16 I have been giving a lot of thought to the work of the Kingdom of God. I received a new issue of “Voice of the Martyrs” magazine. Every time I read what other…
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Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm rules for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.…
Read MoreWise Counsel
Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. Proverbs 20:18 I believe I’ve been nudged by the Lord to have what I think will be a very difficult conversation with someone. How hard is this going to be? Only as hard as I make it. I must remind myself that whatever God…
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