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Love When I Mess-Up
February 3rd, 2021
I tell myself that I know I am loved by God unconditionally and forgiven by God. But the fact that I let the mistakes play repeatedly in my head, really reveals that I have not loved myself unconditi... Read More
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Faith Demonstrated
February 2nd, 2021
Faith in God is shown only when we choose to live out the life God has shown us through Jesus Christ. If we trust God, we will do the good works that God has prepared for us as our way of life (see E... Read More
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Welcomed with Love
February 1st, 2021
When the Church focuses on condemning instead of welcoming, we have become something other than what Jesus was. Jesus came into the sinful and broken world with the express purpose of welcoming sinne... Read More
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Does Jesus Still Weep?
January 31st, 2021
But the point Jesus is making as he weeps over the city and says, “if you, even you [city of peace], had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!” is that Jerusalem, and those who a... Read More
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Rooted and Grounded in Love
January 30th, 2021
According to this mornings text, it is the Spirit of God that allows Christ to dwell in our hearts. But, for me, the most important thing is the Holy Spirit roots me and grounds me in love. I can ha... Read More
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From Alien to Citizen
January 29th, 2021
No matter how you feel about the current debate on immigration, when we become citizens of the Kingdom of God and are no longer strangers and aliens, the expectation is that we will cease to operate b... Read More
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Pay it Forward
January 28th, 2021
In a since, God is “paying it forward” when he saves us by grace. The expectation is that we will be transformed by the action of God and God’s grace and be “re”-created in Christ Jesus. This recrea... Read More
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God's Gift of Grace
January 27th, 2021
I believe that God’s only purpose in creating was to love something outside of God’s self (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and to receive love from something outside of God’s self. ... Read More
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Broken Chains
January 26th, 2021
We read in our Bibles that forgiveness is a gift from God and is not based on any work that we must do to receive it. In our text today, Paul writes that there is now no condemnation for those who ar... Read More
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Operating out of Love
January 25th, 2021
God has never called us to operate out of fear but out of love. When we do the right thing in God’s eyes, we are doing the thing that heals. When we do the right thing in God’s eyes, we are doing th... Read More
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Life that is Really Life
January 24th, 2021
Paul looks at life and death as being two possibilities while we are still physically alive in this age; living a life of death or living a life that is really life (see verses 6 & 10 and 1 Timothy 6:... Read More
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Care for God's Creation
January 23rd, 2021
We are not called to worship the earth or anything on the earth but, we are called to be those who have been revealed as the children of God. In part, at least, that means we are to take up the respo... Read More
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Incomparable Glory
January 22nd, 2021
The age-old question of why bad things happen to good people (or theodicy) continues to plague the minds of many. I have my own answers to those questions and others answer the questions in different... Read More
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Redeeming the Bad
January 21st, 2021
Although some have used this verse to talk about God’s intentional will in all things, for me it is a verse about the reassurance that even if people do or experience things that are outside of God’s ... Read More
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Teach Me To Pray
January 20th, 2021
Not knowing what to say to God should never affect our personal prayer time with God. Even if we are uncomfortable with praying in public, there is never a good reason for us not to spend time with G... Read More
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Is There No One to Intervene?
January 19th, 2021
How often do I cry out to God for justice when I see no justice but don’t bother to lift a finger to make it happen. Is God “appalled” at my lack of response...... Read More
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Seeing God Everywhere
January 18th, 2021
It seems to me that we should be looking for God in every minute of every day. I know this text is actually talking about the second coming of Jesus but, I’m not talking about the end of the age when... Read More
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Pure Hearts
January 17th, 2021
When I think about what it means then, to be pure in heart, I believe that it means that when I am pure in heart my desires and emotions are shaped only by my relationship with God. It means that the... Read More
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The Friend of the Bridegroom
January 16th, 2021
There is nothing wrong with being the “friend of the bridegroom”. Our goal in life is not to be popular, or successful by the world’s standards. Our goal is to be obedient to the call of God as we w... Read More
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To God be the Glory
January 15th, 2021
all of us are called to live our lives in a way that brings glory to God. None of us should be taking credit for successes in life.... Read More
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Solid Food
January 14th, 2021
I wonder if all these years I have only been fed with milk and have never been ready for solid food. I have begun the process of examining my emotions each time I recognize that I am beginning to be ... Read More
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Burning Hearts
January 13th, 2021
The world is a distracting place and can move our eyes off what God is saying to us. In fact, the disciples who are walking down the road to Emmaus and have just spoken to Jesus, started by talking a... Read More
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Have I been Crucified with Christ?
January 12th, 2021
When one has been crucified with Christ, one has subjugated one’s own quest for power and material possessions to what is necessary for the upbuilding of the Kingdom of God on earth. ... Read More
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Trust and Faith
January 11th, 2021
If I had known the amount of work that was in front of me as I was following my call to ministry, I probably would have never even inquired about my call to ministry with my pastor. I certainly would... Read More
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