Payin’ the Price of Forgetfulness
Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you…Deuteronomy 4:23 The Price I look awful. My eyes are swollen, my face is red and blotchy, and my nose looks like I was the loser is a hard fought fist fight. A lot of years ago I developed…
Read MoreHumble Prayer
…but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Isaiah 59:2 God commands us to pray without ceasing. In a discussion about God’s sovereignty over everything, a friend expressed the almost overwhelming number of people and…
Read MoreStrong Minds
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 Have we lost our minds and our strength? We hear a lot about loving God with our hearts and even our souls (see above).…
Read MoreGrace in the Law
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Psalm 119:1 In the first two chapters of 1 Samuel we’re introduced to Elkanah and Hannah, Samuel’s parents. We are also introduced to Peninnah who is Elkanah’s other wife. It’s very interesting how the Bible reports the facts,…
Read MoreValuable Grace
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:4 I can get so caught up in life, blessed as it is, that I forget the basics of my Christian faith. In the introduction of a Sunday School class…
Read MoreHow’d I Get Here?
When people tell me sad tales of their current lives, I rarely think, “Oh, you poor thing.” (I am not proud of this, it just is.) My first thought is usually, “How did you get here?” Recently, I was asked by a Christian friend about the increase of my Facebook posts emphasizing the sin…
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