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The Pastor’s Personal Life – Part 6 – Your Sabbath
Many Christians of today think Sunday is the Sabbath, and if they try to follow the Sabbath rules at all, they apply them to Sunday. There is nothing wrong with resting and focusing on God on Sunday. It probably works very well for many people. But for most pastors, Sunday is not a Sabbath of rest; it’s a workday.
Caution I Got a Piece Of Advice
Caution I Got a Piece Of Advice CAUTION I got a good piece of advice when I was a young man. It went like this, “Whenever you hear a man of God has fallen, don’t gloat or throw stones but get down on your knees and pray for your own heart.” But by the grace of God...
Grandparenting With A Purpose
God gives grandparents a sacred trust – an opportunity to imprint another generation with the message of his faithfulness. You can stand in the gap by being a godly example for your grandchildren and by praying for them.
Scripture and a Prayer: “Being Filled”
Scripture and a Prayer: “Being Filled” “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” (Ephesians 5:18) Prayer: Lord, You have called us to not be filled with artificial stimulants to get through the day, which include the...
The Rest of The Story
Not all of us should or can get a seminary education, but we can make great inroads in our understanding of God’s instruction manual by diving deeper into the Word. This is when we find surprising and edifying revelation not generally known before.
The Battle Belongs to the Lord
The Battle Belongs to the Lord Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. Joshua 6:1-2 (NASB) In current...
O Lord, do it again
O Lord, do it again In 1940 Dr. J. Edwin Orr took a group of Wheaton College students to study abroad in England. One of their stops included the Epworth Rectory. The rectory now serves as a Methodist Museum, but it was the home of John Wesley, the founder of the...
Was That Really From God? – Acts 12:6-11
Thick black smoke made it impossible to see. He was wandering, searching for a way out when his low air-warning bell began its constant ring. He was disoriented. He was running out of time. He had no idea which way to go. The panic began to well up inside. Then, behind him, he just barely heard the sound of someone else’s low air alarm in the distance.
Should I follow that sound, he thought, or should I stay here by this window? He decided to take a chance, and follow the sound of the bell. “Through the Lord’s guidance, no brilliance of my own, I came walking out . . . ” to safety. When the bell rings, when the Lord calls, what will you do?
Grace and Peace
Peace is, at best, a byproduct of something else, rather than a practical end in itself; so our focus must be – like our quest for happiness – somewhere else. And that somewhere else is grace.
Ruth meets Boaz
Ruth meets Boaz Ruth 1:1-2:23 Ruth meets Boaz. It seemed like a ‘chance’ meeting – ‘she happened to come…'(2:3). It was more than that. God was at work. Ruth had committed herself to the Lord (1:16-17). She was being guided by the Lord (Psalm 37:3-5; Proverbs 3:5-6)....