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November 28, 2015
Concert Pitch of Nature
“The clear, pure light of the morning made me yearn for the truth in my heart, which alone could make me pure and clear as the morning itself and tune my life to the concert pitch of nature around me. And the breeze that blew from the sunrise made me hope in God, who had…
November 25, 2015
Pièce de Résistance
Much preparation goes into this day set aside for giving thanks. It’s easy to think it’s all about the food. Turkeys will fill the center of most tables. Side dishes of mashed potatoes and flavored vegetables even children will eat surround it. Perhaps the pièce de résistance is the pie. Thanksgiving is also about traditions…
November 24, 2015
Giving Thanks for Victory
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 NASB http://bible.com/100/1co.15.57-58.NASB
November 17, 2015
Fight Songs
What songs sound a rally cry in your heart, strengthen your stride, and keep you standing upright? http://pennyspagesonline.com/2015/11/...
November 16, 2015
Fight Song
“It matters not how the battle goes, The day how long; Faint not! Fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.” From Streams in the Desert What songs sound a rally cry in my heart? On this typical-Monday, I drove through my town’s puddled streets, singing Fanny Cosby’s “Redeemed.” I belted out the words I remembered and…
November 13, 2015
November 10, 2015
That’s Enough for Me
Even with the tape crackles and microphone muffles, the voice clarity lofting to high G’s surprises me. One viola note makes me cringe for a finer tuning. Otherwise, its deep resonance hums with Grandma’s piano, a Whitney baby grand given to her for her high school graduation. Her light-touch improvisations over well-known melodies transport me…
November 8, 2015
Do You Believe This?
Do you believe this? —John 11:26 Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when…
A Special Errand
God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not hit the saint by chance, but by direction. God does not draw His bow at a venture. Every one…
Something Greater
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to…
