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December 5, 2015
Crazy Man in the Post Office – a Short Story
This is a short story I wrote several years ago and have been led to re-publish each holiday season with the hope that the Lord will move mightily in people’s hearts as He did in my own when He gave me the story to write. I hope you might consider passing it along….
CRAZY MAN IN THE POST OFFICE
Crazy people always stand out from the crowd, don’t they? This one did, alright. I couldn’t help but notice him. The post office might have been jam packed with people holding on for dear life to their...
Uncontainable God
Uncontainable
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.” Psalm 63:1-3
Two hours in church or synagogue, once a week – or twice a year. Ten minutes every morning. One hour at Bible study. Five minutes of prayer before bed. We compartmentalize...
December 4, 2015
Love Abounding
Love Abounding
“And the Lord make you to increase and ABOUND in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:” 1 Thess. 3:12 (caps added) / / / “And because iniquity shall ABOUND, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12 (caps added) / / / “But where sin ABOUNDED, grace did much more ABOUND:” Romans 5:20 (caps added)
Oh, what times in which we live! The world is falling apart, and just when it seems the most evil act imaginable has been committed, along comes...
December 3, 2015
How is Your Faith Life?
How Is Your Faith Life?
“For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: For now we live, if ye...
December 2, 2015
“I know the plans I have for you”
“I know the plans I have for you”
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13
If John 3:16 is the most popular Bible verse I’ve ever heard spoken and written, then Jeremiah 29:11 is the second. But just like John 3:1...
December 1, 2015
All the Pretty Churches
All the Pretty Churches
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserabl...
November 30, 2015
A Time to Rest
A Time to Rest
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
When God wants to get something across to me, He doesn’t let up. Such has been the case with His spending several years speaking to my heart over and again one single word. REST. Countless times I have sought His face for Hi...
November 28, 2015
Not Stupid
Not Stupid
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” John 16:7-8
“I keep doing the same stupid thing over and over,” wrote a woman who was reaching out to me for help. “I want to stop.” Oh, how I could relate! It wasn’t just that I knew what it feels like to keep d...
November 27, 2015
Doesn’t God See?
Doesn’t God See?
“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.” Psalm 42:9-11
Ever felt like God doesn’t see? Like He can’t hear, doesn’t understand, can’t...
November 26, 2015
Are You Stedfast?
Are You Stedfast?
“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;” Hebrews 3:12-14
The apostle Paul in his letter to the Hebrews tells us, “For we are made partakers of Christ, IF we hold the beginning of our conf...
