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Restore the Sparkle: Psalm 13, NLT
For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? 2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow...
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Dinged Up Disciples
“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with...
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Forgiven First
This evening I got tired of the TV. Or maybe tired of the control it emits over me. I picked up one of the many Bibles I have in my loft. I do think it is ‘funny/sinister’ of the real … Continue reading →
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Blood in the Water
It’s a well known fact. Biologists tell us that sharks can smell blood from 2-3 miles away. They follow their noses to the place where they sense it. They have an ‘attack mechanism’ to anything that is...
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Need a Physician?
And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17 I am convinced that...
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Becoming a Gentle Person
“The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Samson; but he has stopped being fooled …...
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Without a Wound?
(Revised and Edited) The subject of “the pool at Bethesda” alludes to the following excerpt from the Thorton Wilder play, “The Angel that Troubled the Waters”.The play is based on the biblical verses...
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The Rigidity of Evil
I have a heart–but it is broken and crushed. Today I realized that I was sick and very tired of myself. It’s really not disgust, or even loathing. It’s more like a weariness, an exhaustion. I’ve never...
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Pathetic Has an Upside
“And this is the reason: God lives forever and is holy. He is high and lifted up. He says, “I live in a high and holy place… (pause for emphasis) but I also live with people who are sad … Continue...
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Rainy Day People: Counseling Others in the Storm
“Rainy day people always seem to know when it’s time to call, Rainy day people don’t talk, they just listen till they’ve heard it all. Rainy day lovers don’t lie when they tell ‘ya they’ve been down...
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Deciding What Makes Up Wisdom
“Often wise sayings fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never ever thrown away.” Sir Arthur Helps There are so many things to grasp. Our own recovery practically insists we grab vital truths....
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Living Like Jesus, Here and Now
“And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.” I John …...
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Ministry & the Mentally Ill, Once More
“Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, the Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life. “ —...
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Sometimes the Only Way Out
Sometimes the only way out is through. Often there is so much of ‘life’ that we must try to handle. There’s far too many things that confuse us. Faced with many issues beyond our control, we seldom...
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Kissing Crooked Lips
“The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” Luke 7:34 God accommodates Himself to our ‘sickness’. We...
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Our Gentle God Loves Kindness
When I think “gentleness“, what pops into my mind is my wife holding and caressing my infant daughter almost 20 years ago. Her touch is soothing. She softly hums a lullaby. The farthest thing from...
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I Still Grieve
November 13th, in the year of our Lord 1999, was unlike any afternoon I have ever experienced. A beating with a baseball bat would seem more preferable. On this cold afternoon, hell was unleashed on my...
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He Has Come For Us
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:14-15 ESV Jesus declares and reveals …...
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The Difference the Holy Spirit Makes
I like this quote. The early Church was all of these things: Fearless, happy, and very much in trouble. Luke wrote of the nascent exploits of this group of people in the Book of Acts, and while some...
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The Snare of the Fowler: Psalms 91
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2, NIV...
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