Archive for April, 2010
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Friday, April 30th, 2010Matthew 6:9 “This is how you should pray…”
I remember talking over my difficulties with my father and grandfather as a child. Particularly, these men would allow me to explain the problem and then ask me what I thought the solution should be. They often had solutions that had not occurred to me.
When I learned […]
A Better Life
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Matthew 22:37 “He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’… ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
It is important that we understand the basis of Christianity. The teachings of the Ten Commandments and all of the Old Testament Law […]
Just a Number
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me,…”
Years ago, I had to come to Mobile straight from my dad’s beach house. It was a time in my life when I’d been taught that ministers had to look a certain way. I’d not shaved for three days, I had on flip-flops, shorts, and a ratty T-shirt. Averette had a […]
Prepare for Rain
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Genesis 6:7 “…I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth - men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air - for I am grieved that I have made them.”
God, in Genesis 6, after only six verses of the Bible, had gotten upset […]
Listening to Our Master
Monday, April 26th, 2010I Kings 19: 13 “A voice said…, what are you doing here…?”
The other weekend Caroline came with her dog. Caroline’s dog and Happy spent the whole weekend fighting over bones and territory. I would work in the yard and alternate between the dogs. I had a bag of manure for the flowers I was planting. […]
Transparency
Saturday, April 24th, 2010Romans 12:3 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.”
One of the major objections non-church people have with the church is that it is full of hypocrites. Well, that’s true! We are all […]
Hypocrisy
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Matthew 6:5 “But when you stand and pray, do not be like the hypocrite…”
The Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary says “hypocrisy” or “hypocrite” means the act of playing a part. It was always used metaphorically to signify the act of pretending. In English, the metaphorical meaning is “pretending to be religious when one is not.” The Hebrew […]
What Happened?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Psalms 21:3 “You have welcomed him with rich blessings and placed the crown of pure gold on his head.”
The other day I came in from running, prepared my oatmeal, and sat down to do my devotional. I read Psalm 21. This psalm talks about David, the king of Israel, and is subtitled “A Psalm of […]
The Nobility of Decisions
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Matthew 5:14 “You are the Light of the world.”
As I look back on the generations of people to whom I have ministered, I realize every generation had differences. The generation of the Depression, the World War II generation, the Boomers, the Busters, and now a new generation of young adults…each generation had subtle and dramatic […]
Even the Little Things Matter
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Proverbs 8:10 “Choose my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare…”
In Solomon’s day, the Wise Men taught the young men how to live a prudent life. We have a collection of these teachings in the Book of Proverbs. Proverbs 8 […]
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