I am tired. With the time change, Spring forward, I haven’t adjusted yet and am getting to sleep too late and getting up too early. Such are the minor travails of life, and believe me, this is minor. When we are tired, everything starts slipping: we aren’t as crisp at anything we do and our…

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I got to thinking today about the still small voice or gentle whisper that scripture ascribes to how God usually speaks to us. He spoke to Elijah that way in 1 Kings 19:12-13. But consider this, how can you hear such a quiet thing unless you quiet the cacophony around you and stop talking yourself?…

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I got a challenge today while at church. Over the years when people talk about salvation and eternal security and wondered where they would fit into the Kingdom of God, I would say something along the lines that I was willing to sweep the floors and do cleanup at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.…

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Today I pray for God’s best blessings to all who need it. May God bless you and keep you and may His face shine upon you. May you be found in the family of God, washed in the blood of the Lamb, and seated in honor at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. May his…

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Prayer has many purposes and numerous definitions depending on your affiliation or religious preference. For some it is a petition, asking God for something or making a request, usually in a moment of need. For some it is a religious observance or ritual using a specially word formulation such as a benediction. For some it…

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Did any of us expect to be where we are, doing what we are doing at this time in our life? I would venture very few of us could say that. I know I can’t. I also cannot say God didn’t warn me that I am not in control of things. In James 4:13-15, it…

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I read a rather disturbing post today. It was by Sarah Hoyt and it was titled “I DON’T WANT TO WRITE THIS POST.” It was about her admitting that the social fabric of our country is breaking down and, as she put it, “America’s civil war will be fought many places, but mostly in living…

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So much that was historically right and true is now unpopular and if not overtly cancelled will be shortly the way things are going. Biblical Christianity that “contends for the faith, once for all delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3b) is under attack from every quarter. This summer our pastor said, “Biblical Christianity is unpopular…

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There is a humerous, sort of, prayer that goes “Dear Lord, so far today, I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. However, I am going to get out of bed in a few minutes, and I will need a lot more help after…

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