Recently I opened an email that came from a popular cooking newsletter. In the subject line, it said, “Thanksgiving Essentials.” They were trying to convince me that their recipes were essential for a great Thanksgiving. And if I’d just buy their gravy separator I’d have no grease in my gravy.…
Read more“My church is here,” she told me gratefully. As soon as she said it- I knew what she meant and I rejoiced. But later, as I reflected on her wording, I was inspired. What a word about the church- for the church! You see we were standing on…
Read moreIsaiah 42:16 (NIV) I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. I am…
Read moreOver the past weeks I was preparing to write a couple of short devotionals for the Advent booklet my local church publishes each Advent season. My one assignment included I Thessalonians 2:1 – 10. “You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. We had…
Read moreThe words fear not jumped out at me this morning as I read 2 Kings 6:8-17. How often have I read those words as I study the pages of my Bible over the years? God does not want us to fear, not even for a moment and he proves to us over and over…
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