Author: Pastor John
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Solemn Assemblies… Focusing on a Need
Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. Joel 1:14 Last Sunday our church held a solemn assembly. The concept of a solemn assembly comes from the call to repent found in…
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Love… Not Just a Word We Say
The word “love” is a good word. It makes us feel warm inside. However, there is an aspect to God’s love that challenges us. It is the challenge of who we love. It is the challenge of how we love. For God “love” means more than we might yet understand. 38 “You have heard that…
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Join the Fight Against Sin
Jesus has some strong words about removing sin in our lives. He says, “ If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes…
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Getting Back to Love
I challenged my church this week to think long about how God has loved them. The goal? That we might respond the way the Bible writers respond when they are thinking about the love of God. I thought that it might help to illustrate those examples to help our thinking… Think of King David… 5…
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Will We Simply Abide?
We want to know if God is happy with us. We want to know that we are secure in our relationship with Him. We want to know that He is not going to change His mind about us. How can we know that? The New Testament has this suggestion: abide in Him.
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Tick Tock!
Sometimes, I just can’t stand a ticking clock. It isn’t that I can’t stand the ticking all the time. In fact, I find the ticking of a clock a common way to ease into sleep. The ticking gets under my skin, however, when I have something that has to be done on time; and each…
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Following the Master – The Need for Forgiveness
How are you at following the Master? Do you always succeed? Have you reached a level of perfection? I know… that is funny. It’s funny because only the very proud would claim such a thing. However, it is sometimes hard to admit that we stumble even when we are trying to follow Jesus with our…
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Everyday Grace
We talk about grace in the Christian life. We need it! Through grace we discover the amazing love of God. Through grace we have access to God in Jesus. Have we thought about how much we need it from one another? Here are some thoughts about giving grace everyday. Let me introduce you to two…
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Musings from Camp
This week our students are going to camp. This will be the second camp of the summer for our church. The first camp, Children’s Camp, was absolutely wonderful. Children playing, worshipping Jesus, and growing in Him is amazing. There is something about seeing children singing and playing their hearts out that is inspiring. They go…
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The Unexpected Power of Thankfulness
There are things which are deceptively powerful. Those tiny air fresheners for cars are not for everyone. For most of my family, they are just too powerful for us to enjoy the scent. Yet, you can’t deny their affect! In the Christian life we have such a deceptively powerful ally to our walk of faith.…
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