Each Week You Can Strengthen the Fellowship
Each week there are a few things followers of Christ do to strengthen their relationship with the Lord and to enhance their relationship with each other. Though the world sees them as simple, the deeper meaning behind each one is the key to a long lasting, strong fellowship. Each week, Christians meet to commemorate the…
God’s Plan: Technical or Simple
By the time you read this another app on your phone or computer will be facing another update. For some, this means nothing, but for others you will understand it will mean an adjustment to learning the new system and all of its bells, whistles and frustrations. Every new update usually means another set of…
My Sunday Hopes
I hope every member considers one another this morning. There will be someone at services who has had a horrible week and will not tell anyone. They will put on a face of joy, but deep down their heart breaks. I wonder if they will ask their spiritual family to pray for them. (Hebrews 3:13)…
What Should Be Done with Evil?
The constant battle of the “good angel” on one shoulder vs. the “evil angel” on the other is portrayed as the battle each Christian faces in the midst of daily life. Choices arise every day testing our beliefs and some of those choices challenge us more than others. How should we handle the choices of…
Do You Still Have Your Spiritual Goals?
Can you believe it is already March of 2019? It is hard to believe that we have already seen two months pass by this year. Time is sure moving faster. (By the way, time stays the same, we just miss it because we get so busy.) How are you doing on your spiritual goals? Some people…
A Discovered Poem
The poem below was discovered in the collections of Fannie Crosby. You may know Fannie Crosby through various songs in many songbooks, but here is a poem she wrote regarding an “Unanswered Prayer.” “For What His Love Denies.” God does not give me all I ask, Nor answer as I pray; But, O, my cup…
Where is Your Forwarding Address?
Moving is a mixed bag of emotions. When you begin to move, you begin taking an inventory of everything you own as you pack them into boxes. If you have ever moved once, you understand what it is like to find things you forgot you owned and find things you never knew you had. Beyond…
Where Love Knows No Bounds
Alzheimer’s has robbed Michael Joyce of his memory, so he forgot he’s married to his wife of 38 years. Uniquely, he knows he loves her, so he asked her to marry him. Linda agreed, thinking he would soon forget, but he didn’t. The next morning the 68-year-old Michael asked, “When are we doing this?” That…
Short Thoughts on Christian Men
A few years ago, I was asked to speak on a Men’s Retreat and I challenged the men to be… Men of God Men of Morals Men of Leadership Men of Passion Men of Responsibility Today, have things changed form a few short years ago? Not really. Men are needing to step up more today…
My Favorite Bible Character
When I see him, he is an 85-year-old man looking to the prize set before him. He is standing looking off in the distance and asking for the prize, he was promised 45 years earlier. He says he is as strong now as he was 45 years ago, and I would not test him one…
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