Tag: Jesus
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A Limited Number of Days
What would you do if you knew your days were limited? What would you change? By: Lisa Ellsbury (guest devotional) I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Mainly, I suppose, because I have children with medical issues. Medical issues that will ultimately shorten the number of days they have on this earth. This fact…
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Courageous – The Movie!
Joshua 1:9 says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Last week the new Sherwood Pictures production had a prescreening for their new movie. It is called Courageous. What a powerful experience! I was most impressed…
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Reminders from Children’s Camp
This last week I was able to be camp pastor for Metro’s Children’s Camp. As always, it was a great experience. It wasn’t just great because I was able to share the gospel with a group like that. It was great because the children reminded me again how precious our relationship with God is. For…
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Preparing to Follow God
Sometimes we make things difficult that are really quite easy. Have you ever put together a tent? I have seen people spend hours in a jumbled up mess. Then, suddenly, they looked at the directions in a different way and poof their tent was up in ten minutes. (no, I won’t admit that the person…
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An Encounter with God
I have a wonderment this week. I wonder if the only ones who truly try to meet with God are the fringe elements of our family. Now, I am not talking about all of us who have meetings about God, but when it comes to meeting God on a Sunday morning (or any day of…
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Why the Resurrection
Have you recently considered the claims of the Scripture? No, I don’t mean the claims of people who carry the Bible – they could have an agenda. I mean, have you really read what the New Testament claims about Jesus? It isn’t a message of morality. The New Testament does not have a simple respect…
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Why We Need Jesus
This is Easter week. Good Friday is now just days away. Although it may seem superfluous, I feel a need to examine why Jesus had to come. My reason is simple: in every generation there have been whole groups of people who seem to be oblivious to their need for a Savior of their soul. …
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Good things gone awry
Last Sunday afternoon we were talking about the rich young ruler in Mark 10. We noticed that the man thought about what he could ‘do’ to be saved. He asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” I know that this is a grammatical nuance, but I pointed out then (and…
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What Makes Church, Church?
Have you ever thought about what difference there is between worshipping God on your own by the lake and worshipping God with God’s people on a Saturday night or Sunday morning? Hebrews 10 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider…
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