Archive for October, 2008
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Friday, October 31st, 2008Ephesians 4:27 “Do not give the devil a foothold.”Deliver Me from Evil
Growing up in Mobile my older cousins would come back and tell me ghost stories about Baldwin County. Cousin Tommy never missed an opportunity when I was five or six to tell me these ghost stories. Obviously they made an impression on me because […]
Forbidden Boxes
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Psalm 27:20 “Death and destruction are never satisfied.”
One of my favorite fables from Greek mythology is the story of Pandora. According to the legend, Pandora had been given many qualities from each of the Hellenistic gods; Venus gave her beauty, Mercury persuasion, and Apollo music, just to name a few. After the bestowing of […]
We All Suffer and God is With Us
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Job 36:15 “But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.”
I am in the process of weeding through my sermons of the past 30 years and trying to save the best for Christina, a seminary student. I came to a sermon I had written for Sunday, April 20, […]
Misjudging Others
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Ezekiel 24:14
“You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Human beings many times make judgments about others because they have the wrong information. Whenever Mr. Clements would come around people would shake their heads and say, “All of a sudden, he’s become a drinking man.” Some would say that […]
Birth and Death
Monday, October 27th, 2008John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.”
Birth and death are not so different. Before my children were born I wanted them to see color - aqua, cadmium scarlet, viridian green, and golden yellow. All they knew was the dark womb. I wanted them to hear […]
Seeking the Best Advice
Saturday, October 25th, 20081 Kings 12:4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke you put on us, and we will serve you.”
King Solomon knew his time on earth was almost over. He wanted his son, Rehoboam, to succeed him as king. At the same time there […]
Never Alone
Friday, October 24th, 2008John 14:1-4 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will […]
The Gift of a Heart
Thursday, October 23rd, 20081 Samuel 20:42 “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord”
Recently I gave two of my paintings away to a friend. It blesses me so to give them to others. The paintings are precious because the busyness of my schedule means I can’t paint very much. […]
“Yes Darling”
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Matthew 5:37 “Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
There was once a man who was about 35 years old and his wife slightly younger who lived in Cronicville. The man, whose name was Ernest, was tall and handsome. He always had a rather bemused […]
Conquering Our Fears
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; she will crush your head and you will strike at your heal.”
In life we all come to the place of having to face our fears. Do we believe God is bigger than any fear we might […]