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TRUST GOD (6/27/2008)
I remember when I heard that old adage...
LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT (6/26/2008)
When I think of the word teach, I think of school and...
PERCEPTION (6/25/2008)
We see a fast looking car and yet we really do not...
SATISFIED (6/24/2008)
Depending on where you came from, you may have learned...
THE EXAMPLE (6/23/2008)
When we think of those who follow, we naturally...
LITTLE FAITH (6/20/2008)
Without faith we cannot even receive salvation...
FORGIVE PAST SINS (6/19/2008)
I think of all the things I did before I turned...
SHARE IT (6/18/2008)
The Father has promised all an eternal inheritance...
THE MIND OF CHRIST (6/17/2008)
Although this is in Hebrews, the writer is...
OUTSIDE THE ZONE (6/16/2008)
There is no person on this earth that needs...
HIS RAINS (6/13/2008)
I think of my yard when it rains hard. Puddles...
NEED MEAT (6/12/2008)
Many of us Christians gauge how far along they...
READ THE BIBLE (6/11/2008)
Many believe that the Bible is a book filled...
WARNINGS FOR TODAY (6/10/2008)
We think of today as the earthly day we are...
DIGGING (6/9/2008)
When our children were young we would tell...
GENEROUS (6/6/2008)
How many times are we generous with...
YES OR NO (6/5/2008)
I grew up in the days of cowboy movies...
JUDGING OTHERS (6/4/2008)
How many times do we find ourselves talking...
NO BRAG (6/3/2008)
How often do we do something we think is...
THE TONGUE (6/2/2008)
At "first contact" many are wonderful...
MAKE THE EFFORT (5/30/2008)
I wish I could tell you I live a pure...
A SLAVE TO CHRIST (5/29/2008)
We are proud of the country we live in and...
HIS PROMISES (5/28/2008)
We are so accustomed to having things done...
LET GOD (5/27/2008)
I remember my father telling me about...
RELATIONSHIP LEADS TO MATURITY (5/26/2008)
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking...
KEEP THE PEACE (5/23/2008)
So many times we turn to things of this...
WE AFFECT OTHERS (5/22/2008)
When we are with other believers we instinctively...
A NEW NATURE (5/21/2008)
Our children, when they were younger, must remember...
LET THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD (5/20/2008)
When something changes drastically it is easy...
OPEN IT (5/19/2008)
When Paul wrote this, he was speaking...
WHAT WE PURSUE (5/16/2008)
We hear others refer to "the good old days". They look...
USE THE GIFT (5/15/2008)
When young children have birthday parties they receive...
MARCHING ORDERS (5/14/2008)
How many times do we end up in foolish discussions...
OUR REWARDS (5/13/2008)
Some make their good deeds known so all can see and praise...
PERCEPTION (5/12/2008)
We can't be one person when in the presence...
YOUR POSITION (5/9/2008)
The KJV uses the word desire instead of wants. The Greek word...
SHINE HIS LIGHT (5/8/2008)
To come to a full understanding of the truth we must...
WHAT YOU FOCUS ON (5/7/2008)
How much time is wasted debating among Christians? How much time...
BE AN INFLUENCE (5/6/2008)
The NIV says we should not imitate what is evil. That is difficult...
BE SECURE (5/5/2008)
I read this and I think about all the things we hear...
IN HIS WILL (5/2/2008)
Isn't it interesting how many times we use...
DID YOU PASS (5/1/2008)
We think we are who we say we are. We say we are a good...
LOVE IS IN THE ACTIONS (4/30/2008)
Now this does not tell us to stop telling each other that we love each...
LIVE AS CHRIST DID (4/29/2008)
As believers we should live as Christ lived. It is such a simple statement...
CONFESSION (4/28/2008)
How many of us judge ourselves based on how good...
WHO IS IN CONTROL (4/25/2008)
Sometimes we think we no longer have any...
GOTO THE SOURCE (4/24/2008)
We tend to think that some people are...
OPEN TO HEAR (4/23/2008)
What is interesting here is that the word...
NEW MATERIAL (4/22/2008)
No matter what we say to others, they may not...
TAKE THE STEP (4/21/2008)
This may be hard to believe for must of us...
REAL FRIENDS (4/18/2008)
In our society the word friend has become...
THE STOREHOUSE (4/17/2008)
Isn't it great when we go somewhere and...
BE HAPPY (4/16/2008)
Don't we seem to spend most of our time...
TELL ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS (4/15/2008)
Sure, that is what Jesus did, but ...
BE CAREFUL (4/14/2008)
We must be careful. The world in which we...
YOU CHOOSE (4/11/2008)
All that are in Him is because of that small...
REACHING OUT (4/10/2008)
Now this man was at rock bottom. Day by day...
TEAR DOWN THE WALLS (4/9/2008)
The key is not in what religion we are. It does...
PLEASE GOD (4/8/2008)
I grew up believing that God was everywhere, but...
CROSS THE LINE (4/7/2008)
How many times are we given a command...
THE BOX (4/4/2008)
How often have we heard that we must...
WORRY NO MORE (4/3/2008)
There is a distinct difference between planning ...
DAILY COMMUNION (4/2/2008)
How often do we go from day to day doing...
THE WARNING SIGNS (4/1/2008)
On Easter we remembered what He did for you...
TUNE INTO GOD (3/31/2008)
How often do we acknowledge us first and God ...
TRUTH FOR YOU (3/28/2008)
There is no one place in scripture we should...
TRUST HIM (3/27/2008)
How often does a simple task for someone else...
FOLLOWING THE CROWD (3/26/2008)
Here was a man, a political leader in the...
REALLY YOU (3/25/2008)
We can't do under it our own steam. Try as we might...
BE THE TEACHER (3/24/2008)
The key is in knowing who taught us. In today�s...
WHO IS THE TEACHER (3/21/2008)
This is not an easy task. We send our children out to others more than not. They go...
DID YOU LISTEN (3/20/2008)
This is a difficult one. How often are we just the opposite? How often do we find ...
SPREAD THE MESSAGE (3/19/2008)
It all comes back to faith. We are saved because we know, by faith, that Jesus ...
PLEASING WORDS (3/18/2008)
These are powerful words. How many times do we find ourselves saying ...
TIME TO LISTEN (3/17/2008)
Have you ever found yourself listening to someone and yet not really ...
GOD CORRECTION (3/14/2008)
I know the destination is eternity with Christ. That is the goal and I am running the race...
BOASTING (3/13/2008)
So many years of patting myself on the back for the things in this world I...
OUR INTERCESSOR (3/12/2008)
How often do we feel down and out? How often do we look to others for sympathy...
TAKE YOUR TURN (3/11/2008)
This occurred just after He "sent them out two by two, with authority to...
REACH OUT TO SOMEONE (3/10/2008)
How many can make a statement like that? I know I cannot. I have lived with what I considered...
GROWING IN UNDERSTANDING (3/7/2008)
In past years I would pick up God's Word, the Bible, and read it. It was the King James Version...
IT IS EASY TO BE MISLEAD (3/6/2008)
Advertising is all around us. It is in the newspapers, on television, and even on our computer screens. I receive...
ENDURING THE TRIALS (3/5/2008)
The word endurance just jumped right out at me. Sometimes we think just because we have aligned ...
WE HAVE THE MARK (3/4/2008)
We always hear about the mark of the beast, the visible mark identifying ...
THANK HIM (3/3/2008)
This is true, but often forgotten. How many times do we forget that our successes are because...
LIGHT UP (2/29/2008)
Have you ever noticed that when some people walk into a room they bring something...
TRUE IMAGE (2/28/2008)
The mirror in the bathroom reflects me each morning, as I get ready for the day. I look into it and see ...
GOD FIRST (2/27/2008)
This is a prayer we all want to see come true in our lives. But what do we do about it? How much time ...
LIVE BY TRUTH (2/26/2008)
You might want to read the entire Psalm. The first eight versus are where David professes his integrity ...
MISTAKES HAPPEN (2/25/2008)
The NRSV calls it a "wise rebuke". Whichever words are used, when it comes it is not a ...
COMMIT TO INSTRUCTION (2/22/2008)
Everyone knows something you do not know. Each of us has had experiences in life unlike anyone ...
GOD's PLAN (2/21/2008)
Plan as we may, the Lord will always prevail. We are living in the time He has destined for us to live. We are part ...
WHOSE MAP (2/20/2008)
I am one of those logical people that like to know where I am going. When my wife and I take...
RESTRAIN ANGER (2/19/2008)
Anger is not something we should ever allow to control us. I know that and you probably do too. Yet I wish ...
LOOK FOR NEW IDEAS (2/18/2008)
How often do we do what we do because "we have always done it that way"? Our mind is set and that is ...
HUNGRY FOR MORE (2/15/2008)
I read that and immediately thought about how many times I have sat down in my comfortable ...
MAKE TIME (2/14/2008)
When I was running my computer consulting business on a full time basis, I would spend all my ...
WHO YOU HANG WITH (2/13/2008)
We become like those we hang around with. If we want to be successful, we must hang around with ...
FREE LUNCH (2/12/2008)
If we expect to receive rewards in this earthly existence we have to work for it. As the old saying goes "There is ...
BE GENEROUS (2/11/2008)
It is not easy to give what you have to others when you only have little. Yet how often do those with little "add a ...
HELPING (2/8/2008)
If someone asked me if I stopped to help those in need, I would probably say yes. But am I really fooling ...
REMEMBERING (2/7/2008)
I remember when I was a kid; my mother would tell me to tie a string on my finger so I would remember something...
GROWING INTO HIS LIKENESS (2/6/2008)
When we were first born, we were not yet like our parents. We may have looked like them and displayed traits our ...
WINDOWS VISTA (2/5/2008)
How many days do we not take the time to honor Him? How many days do we take Him for granted yet ...
THE BASICS (2/4/2008)
The "Good News" here is the Greek word Euaggelion. Other translations use the word Gospel. The Greek word ...
TELLING (2/1/2008)
My wife was healed of an incurable disease in 1991. Jesus stepped in and removed it in one sudden and ...
IN UNITY WITH GOD (1/31/2008)
When we think of love, we think of a man and a woman. We think of that last romantic comedy we watched ...
WHO DID YOU TELL (1/30/2008)
Remember when our team won the big game? It was the topic of conversation everywhere we went...
RESIST TEMPTATION (1/29/2008)
How many today think the American Dream is to have all the good things of this life. How many of us are pursuing the new cars, big homes...
THE ROOT SYSTEM (1/28/2008)
Everything substantial has deep roots. We all know the story of the great ship, the Titanic. The iceberg did not ...
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE (1/25/2008)
Remember playing Monopoly? When I was a young teenager I used to enjoy spending hours ...
TAKE CHARGE (1/24/2008)
I grew up in a home where anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language never happened. My parents were brought up ...
COMPLETE (1/23/2008)
One of the desserts I really enjoy is an apple pie. In the fall each year we drive in the country ...
GOOD ENTITLEMENT (1/22/2008)
The world tells us to be our own person. Many of us have found through trial and error ...
FORGIVE OTHERS (1/21/2008)
Most of the time we are with people we know and who know us. We accept them as they are ...
FOLLOWING RULES (1/18/2008)
As soon as our child is born, it learns the rules. Even when we get a new puppy, it learns rules. Our lives here on earth ...
INHERITANCE (1/17/2008)