“No, dear friends, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to strain to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for…
Read more“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”(John 8:31-32 NKJV) The word “abide” means “to live” or “to dwell.” So, to abide in Christ, means…
Read moreSome days are tough. Some are long. This one was both. It wasn’t the worst I’ve ever been through, but it was the worst in a recent stretch of days that were going fairly well, and I was looking forward to calling it a night. I felt defeated and cranky, but just then the Holy…
Read moreEvery year I look in the newspaper or Internet for things to do in our community for the Christmas holiday. I always have high hopes and dreams that this year will be different; that my house will be beautifully decorated; we will go to the Christmas events in our community;…
Read moreFor whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. — 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NIV) I read this verse just recently in an Upper Room devotional and the writer that day helped me see a profound connection I’d missed before. The Old…
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