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April 28, 2009

Test of Trust

Test of Trust… “The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.” Proverbs 17:3 The Lord tests the heart to build our trust. Resistance to our efforts creates a reason to reach out to our Creator. Your test of trust is not a trivial pursuit, but a process of [...]

April 13, 2009

Patience Calms Down

Patience Calms Down… “A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.” Proverbs 15:18 Anger stirs up; patience calms down. Anger has an axe to grind; patience smoothes over offences. Anger reacts in the moment; patience refrains to process. Anger rejects; patience accepts. Anger gets revenge; patience forgives. The goal of [...]

April 10, 2009

Alive and Well

Alive and Well… “Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen”. Mark 16:14 Jesus Christ is alive and well. His earlier followers, taken back by His death, initially denied His [...]

April 9, 2009

God’s Passover

God’s Passover… “The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and where I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.” Exodus 12:13… “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” 1 Corinthians 5:7b. God’s Passover for Christian’s is [...]

March 31, 2009

Focused Leadership

Focused Leadership… “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead…” Philippians 3:13 Paul understood and applied focused leadership. Under extreme conditions he remained vigilant to plant churches and preach the gospel, even in the face [...]

May 13, 2008

Anna Graduates High School

Rita and I are a little numb these days as our baby Anna Grace graduates from High School in less than a month. One tradition we have done with her three older sisters is write them a letter of congratulations, encouragement and challenge. I recently finished Anna’s graduation letter and thought you would enjoy… April [...]

December 10, 2007

Wisdom from a Friend…Todd & Rebekah Coons on Dating

Foundation Colossians 3:1-17 Christ commands for our sinful self to be put to death, “Put to death therefore, whatever belongs to the earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed” (Colossians 3:5). Once we surrender and allow Christ to put to death the old self we are to be consumed by the new [...]

October 28, 2024

Married to Christ

“Jesus Christ is our Lover, who longs for an abiding love relationship with us.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – October 28, 2024 Your “husband,” your master, used to be the Jewish law; but you “died,” as it were, with Christ on the cross; and since you are “dead,” you are no longer [...]

October 7, 2024

One Greater Than David

“God can use your weaknesses to make you strong.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – October 7, 2024 David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have [...]

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