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Say The Word: Love
Our theme this week is 'Say The Word'. We have been exploring significant words from the Christian faith. Today we attempt to define love, the central attribute of God. We are going to get out of the way and let the Word of God speak for itself. If you looked up the...
Say The Word: Praise
Praise, verb: to express a feeling of veneration or gratitude; to worship or glorify; noun: an expression of commendation or admiration; an extolling of a deity or a rendering of homage and gratitude. Christian praise is an act of worship which recognizes and...
Say The Word: Humility
Humility, noun, from the Latin humilitas: a modest view of one's own importance; humbleness, gentleness. Humility is sometimes confused with meekness or low self-esteem. It is impossible to be humble without a healthy sense of your own worth and abilities. The classic...
Say The Word: Gratitude
Gratitude, noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a sentiment of kindness or goodwill toward a benefactor; for the Christian, gratitude includes extending goodness and grace to others as the giver has first...
Say The Word: Repentance
Repentance, noun: a biblical concept of not just feeling sorry, or changing one’s mind, but of a complete turning around, an alteration of the basic motivation and direction of one’s life. Repentance means acknowledging that one has no possible claim upon God, and...
Prayers Of Approach To Sabbath Worship
And what does the Lord require of you but to do what is right to other people, to show constant love, and to walk in humble fellowship with God. Micah 6:8 b On this Sabbath prepare your heart, mind and soul for worship with these simple prayers: Lord, empty me of this...
God Of The Promise
God of waters.God of the sky.God in the morning.God in the night.God of the desert.God of the rain.God in the busy.God in the mundane.God of the mountain.God of the plains.God in the laughter.God in the pain.He's God of the promise.What He says remains true.He does...
Love, Demonstrated
Love talked about is easily ignored. Love demonstrated is irresistible.
Confessed Sin
If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because...
A Prayer For The Morning
God loves it when we pray His Words back to Him. Let's start with these words from King David, about which C. S. Lewis said: "I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world." "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the...
02 22 22
The readers of this blog who know us will appreciate the significance of the number 22. So today, February 22, 2022, is indeed special in our house. Consider these "22" verses. "Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought...
On Responsibility
"Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more." Luke 13:48b HCSB Winston Churchill once said "The price of greatness is responsibility." No doubt Churchill was correct. But...
The Sabbath Is A Gift From God
God has much to say about the Sabbath. He included it in His top ten list. Here He speaks through His prophet Isaiah: "Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day....
Pride Or Humility?
We have all seen the bumper sticker: “He who dies with the most toys wins.” It's a cynical statement about our materialistic culture. But there’s another layer of insight there concerning competition. Down to one’s dying day, life is all about comparison and...
Dancing In The Rain
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain. @nickygumbel
The Word Of God
God will never speak to us and tell us to do something that’s contrary to His Word. But, unless we know Scripture, we won’t be able to discern whether or not what we hear is consistent with His Word. We know the will of God when we read and pray the Word of God....
What Is The Frequency Kenneth?
There is a now infamous 1986 mugging in New York's Central Park, in which, as they beat the victim whose name was Dan, the assailants reportedly kept asking "What is the frequency Kenneth?" Now, it doesn’t matter whether this was a case of imagination, mistaken...
Identified With Christ, Bondservant Version
Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? Bind yourself to the horns of the altar and commit to the purification (separation) process. God will do the rest. Oh, and don't complain.
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