March 11, 2010 – 12:01 am
I find Psalm 51:1-17 extremely powerful and comforting.
There have been times in my life when I did not have the relationship with Christ that I would have liked. There have been times when I have been angry with God or have questioned God on why things have transpired the way they did.
This scripture reminds me [...]
March 10, 2010 – 12:01 am
Often, I find myself talking when I should be listening. Listening is a learned skill that takes practice. Sometimes I write on an index card the word “listen” and keep it in my pocket. (I should also write “Don’t talk too much!”)
The most important time to “listen” is when we are praying. We can grow [...]
…much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given. Luke 12:48
As a younger person I used to think those words had a much different meaning than I do now. When I was young I thought that there were some people who [...]
“You Can’t Take It With You” is the title of a Pulitzer-winning Kaufman and Hart play that was a hit when it opened in 1936 on Broadway, playing 837 performances. Two years later the play was transformed into a movie that won an Academy Award for best picture. The Broadway production was revived in 1965 [...]
I grew up going to church every time the doors were open. I heard the Good News – that God loves us so much; that he sent his only Son, Jesus the Christ, the Messiah, in human form to live as us for a time and for a purpose; that he died as the perfect [...]
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35
Christ’s message turned everything upside down when He lived on this earth. To become great, He told His [...]
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me of my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Psalm 51:2-3
I really don’t like being wrong. More importantly, I really don’t like admitting that I am wrong. As a young man I often chose to believe that I was not wrong, [...]
…return to me with all your heart… Joel 2:12
I have a GPS on my cell phone. If you don’t know what a GPS (Global Positioning System) is — it’s a device that tracks exactly where you are at any given time, and can tell you how to find just about any place on the planet. [...]
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be [...]
Wow, what a difference a year makes. Here is a sinner among you, who over the course of time has found every way not to participate in any body of Christ. He has found every way in the last 35 years to figure out how not to participate in spiritual growth. There were good works [...]
