Healthy balanced living never comes from RELIGION and doesn’t even seem to come from regular church participation or from trying hard to be good. It only comes from RELATIONSHIP with Jesus. Not just a head knowledge relationship but a “he lives in me and I am his and he is mine” relationship. Being “possessed” by […]
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SAVORING GODLINESS
Basic principle: What I do will produce consequences. Any exception would make a fool of God and he will not be made a fool of. Either I pay or he pays for me. I live in a cause and effect world. If I do the healthy things I will do better than if I don’t. […]
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Quiet Christians
Lois and I recently lost three family members, a beloved aunt of Lois’ went to be with the Lord. I lost and aunt and Lois lost a brother to cancer. Although it is hard to have someone die, especially when not very old, there is great comfort if we know for sure that they had a […]
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CONCERN FOR TOMORROW
Today someone responded to God’s command to take NO thought for tomorrow by saying. Isn’t it right to be concerned for the future, maybe not for ourselves but certainly for our children and grandchildren? Well, calling worry “concern” does not change the fact that we are not resting in God. I don’t think he minds […]
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REDEEMING THE TIME
If you knew of someone who was trying to get their finances under control without using a budget, you’d be sceptical of their chances. The same is true about time control.I am given 988,800 seconds a year to spend, about a hundred million if I live to a hundred, that sounds like a lot but […]
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COSTLESS OFFERINGS?
God the Father gave the ultimate gift that defines my infinite worth to him by giving up his son Jesus; a truly infinite cost, totally free. Now I long to show Jesus how much I love him in return? I want to give him something but why should I give him what cost me nothing? […]
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I COULD HAVE GONE LEFT!
In C.S.LEWIS’s Narnia, a little girl Lucy is beckoned by the lion Aslan to go left. He then disappears and she tries to tell her siblings to go left. They chose to ignore her and go right getting into a lot of trouble and messing up their task. Later she sees Aslan and runs to hug him. He […]
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DWELL IN THE NOW
It snowed today the 19th of March. People were remembering that one year ago today it was 82 degrees. They were moaning and groaning that this winter is lasting too long and resenting the fresh new 3-inch blanket of white. The Lord has taught me how to drop out of time, (I am immortal after […]
What would you do if no one had any idea who you were and there was no chance of them finding out? I’ve always been told that this would be the test of who I really am and what I really want. It used to be that we grew up in the same town we […]
I recently had a friend with severe longterm diabetes mellitus. The high sugars had destroyed his ability to feel pain. He stepped on a nail and walked around for a while wondering who was getting blood on the rug. By the time he realized the source, he had to have major surgery on his foot. […]
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