Archive for August, 2008
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008Matthew 5:9 “I am Legion.”
When Christina was seven she had a nightmare and ran into our room. I still remember her blonde curly head shaking with tears as she cried over her nightmare. Averette, as she put her between us, asked her what she was dreaming. She said, “I dreamed we didn’t have any food […]
A Faithful Heart
Friday, August 29th, 2008Matthew 5:17 “Do not think I’ve come to abolish the Law or the prophets; I’ve not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”
God wants relationship with us. He strives for us to know how much he loves us. He sent Christ into the world to show us the extent of that love yet, […]
A Rebellious Heart
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Genesis 12:1 “The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country your people and your father’s household and go to the land I show you.”
God’s great desire for humanity is relationship with him. That is what he wants more than anything else. He created Adam and Eve to just spend time with, however, he also […]
A Certificate of Martyrdom
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Luke 23:34 “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.’”
In the working world I have noticed that there are people who feel they never get the credit they deserve. I have known many people like that and they seldom hold back from telling what they think they deserve in the […]
Half Full or Half Empty
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Ezra 3:12 “But many of the older priests…, who had seen the former temple, wept out loud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while the younger people shouted for joy.”
A cartoonist successfully divided the human race into two types. The cartoon pictured two women at a well holding a bucket. […]
God 1 - Satan 0
Monday, August 25th, 2008Luke 6:27 “But I tell you who hear me: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.”
In this life we all have to face difficulties.
Some of those difficulties are timeless. There are many times that we are left perplexed about what our ethical responses should be. Jesus spoke in that day and […]
A Question of Value
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008Matthew 6:24 “You cannot serve both God and money.” This is an old preacher’s story that John Carmichael told me many years ago.
An old farmer and his wife always went to the county fair. Every year they saw the same pilot offering to take people up for a spin in his airplane for $10.00 a […]
God’s Desire for Us
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them.”
As a father of three daughters I remember how much one of the girls wanted everything to be perfect all the time with her Barbie dolls. She wanted […]
The Disposition of the Heart
Thursday, August 21st, 2008John 6:47 “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.”
It is the faith of our heart that counts. I found this story in some of my old notes. It illustrates beautifully the strength of our heart.
The 1990 spring thaw in the Sierra National Forest revealed a profound tragedy. On March 1, 1990, […]
Committed to a Course
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Proverbs 15:1 says, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
We commit to the people of our lives to finish the course we have begun with them. That is not always easy; it takes forgiveness and sometimes just letting go of our frustrations and remembering that we are committed to […]