Before I begin today’s story, I must say that what I will be speaking of will in part be based on my personal convictions and I in no way intend to start a debate on the subject matter that follows. I am simply sharing what God has laid on my heart and I trust Him […]
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Exodus 11, Luke 14: His Ways Looks Different In Exodus 11, God gives Joshua the plan to defeat the city of Jericho. It was a very unusual battle plan, and I often wonder what Joshua thought when he heard it. The Lord told him that the Israelites were to walk around the city once each
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My daughter and I were talking recently about a swimming experience she had at a church member’s lake this past summer. She told me about how she had been swimming around in the water for a while and decided to put her goggles on and swim underwater. She went on to describe the darkness of
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I have always thought fireplaces were beautiful and I love to watch flames dancing. I enjoy watching their flickering and dancing movement as they change shape, size, and color while they burn. I thought about my interest in fires today as I studied about the fires that often come into a Christian’s life and wondered
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I was recently reading the end of the gospel of Mark. Several verses in chapter fourteen caught my attention. It was telling the story about the last Passover Jesus celebrated with His disciples. He sent a couple of His disciples into the city to find a room for them to use to celebrate the Passover.
I am always amazed at how you can read a passage of Scripture many times and still have God point out something different to you each time. I have been reading chapter five in Luke which tells the story about a great catch of fish. Jesus was teaching from Peter’s boat and when He finished,
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 One unseasonably warm day at the end of January, my daughter, who was four at the time, and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather by going for a walk. It was a lovely day and we
One morning several years ago, I was trying to comb and style my daughter’s hair. The bathroom mirror was completely fogged up, and she was unable to see what I was doing. She made a comment about me not being able to see but I assured her that I could see her hair just fine.
I recently shared with my Sunday school class about a childhood memory of picking blackberries with my grandfather. My grandmother could make some delicious desserts and one of those was a homemade blackberry cobbler. One afternoon, my granddaddy asked her if she would make one if he gathered the blackberries. She agreed and I naively
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A Good Thing or a God Thing How do we know the difference? Do you have a hard time saying no to people? Do you feel obligated to do everything that you are asked to do? As “church people”, we often feel pressured to commit to things because we feel like saying yes is the
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