He sure is not one or the other. I love it when Joshua meets the pre-incarnate Jesus, (This is when everyone else falls on their face and Jesus has to say, “Don’t worry I love you get up”) Not Joshua, he wants to know who’s side Jesus is on. I love the Lord’s reply, “Why […]
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Recently I was in line at a grocery store when the lady in front of me went around the plastic shield with a mask just covering only her chin and got within 2 feet of the poor checkout lady to ask a question. I asked her to stop endangering the life of the nice checkout […]
I’m fond of pointing out that I am the shiest person ever. Of course, no one believes me because, by the grace of God, I am able to live above my shyness. Moses tried to get out of leading the Lord’s people because he claimed he could not talk. Was he just lying? I think […]
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BLESS THEM THAT CURSE ME
As I watch others’ behavior and evaluate whether they’ve done well or not, I need to work at balance by finding all that is good. The negative comes easily. I can do this especially by putting a positive spin on their actions and finding a word from the following list to bestow on them. This […]
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GRANDKIDS BEING MISTREATED
I’ve had a few friends who have been unable to find peace due to a constant focus on the situation of their grandchildren. Mind you, they’ve done all that they can do. One even called child protective services only to have them find insufficient evidence of a problem. That, of course, wound up costing the […]
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REJOICE IN THE OTHER’S GIFTS
I remember a teacher who was asked to do a class at a seminar. The main speaker would talk then people could break up and go to smaller classes. The seminar made the mistake of asking the main guy to do an elective class and so no one showed up to the teacher’s class. He […]
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OUR TREMENDOUS LOVER
What is the proper focus for a christian? REMAIN IN HIS LOVE Some churches emphasize the Bible, studying it preaching it memorizing it, others emphasize singing and praise, others urge to go witnessing, others encourage a life of holiness, others the need to rest in grace. I think that all these and other things of […]
LOVE AND LIKE ARE BOTH IMPORTANT When Peter betrayed Jesus and three times he said that he did not know him, the Lord came to him and asked him if he loved (agapao) him. Peter said, “you know that I like you (phileo) . Do you agapao me? “you know that I phileo you” Do […]
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BE A PECULIAR PRIEST
Dear ones. Do you struggle with fear and anxiety? Remember Philippians 3. (Dr. Bell’s version) When I find myself anxious: I should choose to praise God for who he is, then beg him for help, thank him for both the problem and for what he is going to do about and through it, and point […]
God gave them the desire of their heart; (but they did not want him and his ways and his character) so he sent leanness to their souls. A famous anonymous prayer written by a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War Jul26 I asked God for strength that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I […]
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