Philippians 1:7 – 8 “It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart, for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you […]
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Master Builder: God’s blueprint from Philippians
Philippians 1:6 “. . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” I get really impatient with God sometimes, just wanting Him to go ahead and do whatever it is He plans to do in my life. […]
Teamwork: Lessons from Philippians
Philippians 1:4 – 5 “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” The people in the Philippian church were valuable partners in Paul’s ministry. They loved him, supported […]
Light Reading . . .
I love to get lost in a book. I love to block out real life, and travel to another time and place. Through books, I’ve experienced everything from war to romance to space travel. Well, not much space travel . . . I’m not much of a science fiction girl. But the war and romance […]
Happy Holy Day
Eight days before Christmas, I finally got my tree up and decorated. I used to be one of those day-after-Thanksgiving folks, stringing lights and hauling out the stockings and tinsel. But not this year. This year is hard for a number of reasons. My daddy isn’t here, and he always made Christmas special. It just […]
The Life-Source: John 6:63
“The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life,” John 6:63. It’s been a hard week. And no, it has nothing to do with the recent political election, although that has been a real doozy, hasn’t it? Honestly, I wish I could tell you all the things going on that seem […]
East and West . . . Psalm 102:12-13
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us,” Psalm 103:12-13. Do you have something you feel deeply ashamed about? Yeah. So do I. And when […]
The Folly of People-Pleasing . . .
“For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He is a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and ‘sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions,” Matthew 11:18-19. Do you ever feel like you […]
Violently Advancing . . .
I have avoided writing about this next verse. Honestly, I had no clue where to begin, and when I looked up the opinions of various theologians and scholars, they didn’t seem to have a clue, either! Oh, they all had an opinion. But none of them seemed to agree with each other. So, since a […]
War and Peace: Matthew 10:34-36
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household,” […]
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