“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.” Mother Teresa
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Ponder these statements
Ponder this: . Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. . It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one. . The good Lord didn’t create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close. . When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God is…
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He came once as a baby.
More than two thousand years ago Jesus came as a baby. Soon He’s coming again as King of kings and Lord of lords. Do you know Him? Does He know you? “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my…
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Understanding Revelation
Have you found Revelation a daunting study up till now? Come and hear Steve Case present Revelation 101 – Finding Jesus in Revelation, complete with workbook so you can refresh and remember what you heard. It’s not all about beasts and scary creatures, it’s a fascinating verse by verse study of the book of Revelation.…
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God forgives and . . . .
Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1.The story is told that during the Civil War someone asked President Lincoln, “When the war is over and the Southerners are back in the Union, how are you going to treat them?”Lincoln’s response, “I am going to treat them…
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Help Your Teen or Young Adult Say “No” to drugs
If you have a child you’ll want to read this: https://family.adventist.org/parents-can-help Check out the Table of Contents at the beginning . You’ll really want to read it all but I found the following sections especially enlightening: Parental Monitoring Parental Involvement and Conflict Communication Parental Styles and Parenting Styles Influence on Substance Abuse
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Prayers for God’s Presence with me today
God be in my head, and in my thinking. God be in my eyes, and in my looking. God be in my mouth, and in my speaking. Oh, God be in my heart, and in my understanding.This short song of petition for God’s presence is from the 1558 Sarum Primer, which was a collection of…
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A little bit of the new earth
I think I had a taste of the New Earth! (Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, said the LORD). As I was shoveling a path to…
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Pray!
“Much prayer, much power; little prayer, little power; no prayer, no power.” Dee Duke There is so much to pray about! And we have a powerful God who can do anything, even what we think seems impossible, so let’s pray; and let’s not forget to thank Him for what He’s already done and what He promises to…
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Begin the Year with God
Here at the beginning of 2021 I find the words of this song appropriate: Begin the Day with God by John Wilkinson. I’m taking the liberty of changing one word in the song. Instead of the word “day” in the second verse I’m putting “year”. Following are the second and third verses. Begin the year…
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Jesus is the Reason . . . .
Jesus is the Reason for the Season. O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ, the LORD. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that WHOSOEVER believes in Him SHOULD NOT PERISH but have everlasting LIFE. John 3:16.
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The Christmas Story as told in The World English Bible
1 Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.2 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.3 All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of…
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Smile, God loves you!
The other day I was in town and as I came off the highway there was a man sitting at the base of the light pole at the exit with a sign on his chest that read: “Smile, God loves you.” I smiled as I read the sign and he smiled and waved at me…
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Bitterness is the acid . . .
“Bitterness is the acid that eats the container that holds it.” Greg Schaller, pastor. Some time ago as I volunteered in a mobile clinic, I met man who had numerous health problems – high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, heart problems, anxiety, depression, muscle and joint pains which he said was arthritis. He was ahhh. . .ing…
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God is for us
When nothing seems to be going right and you feel like the world is against you, remember this: . .…
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Oh, taste and see . . .
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8. Have you tried the Lord? I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4. Watch this; it’s an amazing story!