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The New Heart Published In my blog entitled The Focus Of Your Hope, I wrote about how Saul and his family were now the focus of all Israel's hopes. I also pointed out that the Bible reveals to us a flaw in the character of Saul, false modesty. Now this might seem like a...
The Focus Of Your Hope Published Originally, the Nation of Israel was a theocracy meaning they were governed by God. While it is true they had leaders such as Moses, Joshua and later judges such as Gideon and Samuel, these leaders were chosen by God to lead the people as He directed....
A Well-Watered Garden Published I am not much of a gardener. I do best with hardy plants that can pretty much be ignored for long periods of time when I lose interest in them. My friend Kbird has a gift for gardening. When she moved to her new house in northern New Zealand a few...
What Do You Desire? Published In the first chapter of 1 Samuel, we read the account of Hannah the wife of Elkanah. The Bible tells us that Elkanah had two wives. His wife, Peninnah had sons and daughters but Hannah was barren. In addition to her grief over this, Peninnah would...
Whatever You Do Published Amongst all the various denominations and sects of Christianity, there are endless debates about how we should live. Some place emphasis on the Law. Others want to throw it out altogether. People debate about what day of the week we should gather...
How We Should Live Published Earlier this evening, I was pondering the words penned by Peter so long ago. In the first chapter of the Book of 1 Peter, he writes about the hope of eternal life. He writes: All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great...
Give Us This Day Published In the book, Of Whom the World was Not Worthy by Marie Chapian she tells of an event which made a deep impression on me as a young woman. Actually, it was only one of many in this book. My copy of this out-of-print book has been read so much, it has...
But I'm Lookin' Good Published He entered the temple, keenly aware of the stir he was causing as he moved through the crowd. Most people stepped back deferentially although there were a few disgruntled stares. Everyone knew from his physical appearance who he was. He was a teacher...
Sometimes You Just Need A Hug Published One of the things we are wired to do is "fix" things. When we know that someone is in trouble, we want to fix it. When we know that someone is experiencing a tragedy or loss, we search for words to say in order to make it better. The problem...
He Cares For Me Published For some of us, this is often easier said than done. Some of you are like me. You race over to the Shepherd with your problem. You frantically bleat out what the trouble is. He assures that He will take care of you and that you are safe (even if you...
The Fourth Man Revisited Published This morning, as I was reading a blog by asifbyfire, I was reminded of a blog I had written some time ago. Then immediately after writing my comment, I happened to notice a sponsored blog entitled Responding To Bow Or Burn Pressure written by...
A Rose For Daddy Published I received my first roses from my father. That's the way it should be. A girl should always receive her first roses from her father or if that is not possible, from her grandfather, a brother or an uncle for your first roses rather than from...
A Closed Fist Or An Open Hand? Published Far too many times, we as Christians have ignored these words. Rather than meeting the world with the open hands of love and respect, we have met the world with clenched fists desiring either to subdue it or isolate ourselves from it. Jesus did not...
Mighty Hero, The Lord Is With You! Published God had blessed His people. He had delivered them from slavery. He had protected and provided for them in the desert place. He had safely brought them to the borders of the land He had promised them. He had delivered their enemies into their hand and...
Before Conquest Comes Obedience Published In the Book of Exodus, we have the account of the Israelites leaving Egypt and heading for the land which God had promised them. Sadly enough, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, those who were over 20 years of age at the time would never live...
And If That Doesn't Work, Use A Hammer Published Most of us have been guilty of it at one time or another. I daresay that some of us have perfected it to an art form and if we do not carefully guard our tongues, we will take a verbal hammer to someone faster than you can say... well you know what I...
But Will You Receive? Published A blog by B2Y entitled God Is Not A Riddle Nor Is He An Enigma took me back to the days when I was an elementary school teacher. Compared to my young students, my knowledge and wisdom was vast. I was their teacher and they were my students. It was my...
Listen, Believe and Obey Published She was about to do something very dangerous and she knew it. If anyone found out about it she and even her family could be killed. Still, the woman was desperate. She believed that destruction was imminent. She had heard the tales which had been told...
But Do We Love God? Published Love. We Christians talk about it all the time. We talk about the love God has toward us. We talk about the love we should have for our neighbor. We even talk about the love we should have for our families and one another. I don't think we talk...
But I'm Only... Published If there is one thing which chemo taught me, it is this. Every normal cell in your body is important. It has a purpose and it is there for a reason. Most of the time, we are not aware of this until there is a problem. When a "bomb" went off...
In His Footsteps Published As I pondered over these words today, I wondered about what would happen if I made that same statement. What would happen if someone were to imitate me in regards to my actions as well as my words? Would their actions and words reflect or be an...
A Warm Thank You, John! Published Earlier today, as I was writing a response to a blog by enje25, I found myself thinking about all the hard work behind the scenes that is necessary to keep a place like CB operating as well and efficiently as it does. In addition to that, this is not...
Choices! Choices! Choices! Published It seems that one of the great questions between Christians and indeed, the world at large is in regards to individual choice. Do we have the ability to make choices which can influence our future or are we merely the helpless victims of fate? In...
Reaching A Milestone Published I started out this week feeling a bit apprehensive. I had my annual mammogram on Monday. Now for most women, this isn't that big of deal. Sure the process can be rather uncomfortable but it doesn't take long and then you're good to go....
When God Gives Us The Desire Of Our Heart Published Yesterday, I was watching a program about the life of a famous 19th century American. As I do not know if he had a change of heart during his last moments, I am not going to reveal who this individual was, however, after spending nearly three hours...