“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Rom 8:15 (NIV) Tomorrow we celebrate Independence Day in America. We rejoice in our freedom to be a country…
Read moreWe dragged ourselves into our local barbecue place after a long, tiring day – too weary to even think about going home and preparing a meal. We shuffled through the line, picked up our trays and reached for the forks and knives. “Sorry. We’re out of forks,” said the sullen-looking…
Read moreI started to explain something to her, my cousin whom I also called friend. I hadn’t said more than two or three words before she stopped me with a few simple words. “That’s okay. You don’t have to explain, I know your heart!” She reminded me that she knew me…
Read moreWork: exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something In physics, a force is said to do work if, when acting on a body, there is a displacement of the point of application in the direction of the force. Think of that carefully. If we apply this to the…
Read moreWe are to come BOLDLY to the throne of grace. But instead of coming boldly, we come barely. I don’t know why, but too often we allow our past mistakes; our sins, to affect our confidence in coming to God. So much so that some of us opt out of…
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