Nine Promises to Keep You Motivated
Promises! We all love them. We really loved kept promises. Have you ever experienced a broken promise? A broken promise hurts. A broken promise can cut very deep, wounding our soul, spirit and outlook. However, a kept promise gets us motivated to continue forward. Even knowing that a promise made by a caring, honest and promise-keeping…
Some Saturday Thoughts
What are you doing today? Me? I am just sitting here watching an opossum. It has been a rainy, thundery and windy day, but all is peaceful now and the opossum has come out of hiding to wonder through the backyard on an evening stroll. I have never seen an opossum just gently strolling through…
Four Things About Christianity Everyone Should Know
#1 – Spiritual retirement is not an option Retirement is defined as “the action or fact of leaving one’s job and ceasing to work.” (Oxford Dictionary) Our country has an emphasis on retirement from physical work, but that should not roll over into spiritual work. Remember, Moses led the people of Israel at 80 years of…
Living for Christ is Intentional
When Christ said, “Follow Me” He was intentional. Jesus had a purpose behind calling those fishermen in Matthew 4.19. He saw something in them and called them from their profession to life of service. He saw something in them they did not see in themselves. I am sure it took many adjustments to go from…
What is of “Infinite Importance?”
What is of Infinite Importance? He wrote more than 30 books and his works have been translated into more than 30 languages and sales have reached millions of copies. If you are familiar with his works, you know about his profound knowledge and wisdom. Some may know of him through his work, “The Chronicles of…
Your Flight Plan
Your Flight Plan On March 26, 2019, British Airways Flight 3271 took off from London City Airport in route to a destination. Which destination? Well, that depends on who you ask. All the passengers had purchased a ticket to Dusseldorf, Germany, but the pilots, flight crew and air traffic controllers were operating off of another…
Not Fulfilling Your Purpose
Not Fulfilling Your Purpose Unless you are a college basketball fan, you probably never heard of Zion Williams until February 20, 2019. Even today, you may not know who Zion Williams is, but allow me a moment to tell you his story. Zion is a star basketball player for Duke University as well as one…
Looking for Answers
When you have a Bible question, where do you look? Do you look in the Bible? Dr. Malcolm Kendrick told an Eastern Tale that tells of the search for truth.* A traveler passing through a village spotted a man on the ground obviously searching for something. Wanting to help, the stranger stopped and asked what…
A Congregational Weekly To-Do List
From grocery lists, shopping lists and “Honey Do” lists our lives might be full of various lists scattered on sheets of paper in our houses, cars, books, etc. This week, let’s add another one to the list, but let’s call it a “Congregational Family To-Do List.” Many people use lists to help us stay on…
Be an Approachable Christian
Each day Christians are put under a microscope to see whether their actions are consistent with their beliefs. There are many in the world who watch a Christian’s every move and listen to every word to see whether they are in line with what the Bible says. Some examine out of sincerity, while others examine…
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