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  • Looking like Daddy
         'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess

    Several years ago I wrote a column called Weightlifting or Carrying Baggage. The main question is first: How do we look more like the Father? The second question is: How can we be blameless? One thing to remember is that being blameless in God's eyes is not at all the same as being sinless. We are blameless because Jesus stepped in to take the wrath of God onto Himself rather than us having to endure it all because we believe God, believe in His Son, and understand that we are sinners in desparate need of God's grace. Let's look at one passage which is indicative of how…

  • The Bible And You (1)
         ''Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs

    "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it". (Amos 8:11-12) This prophecy is understood by some to be duel in application. This occured to Israel, but also presents a type of a greater fulfilment in the future. What if there were NO Word of God? What if it could not be found? What if there was NO…

  • Victory Lap
         'Voice of Inspiration' from Andy Castro

    I could see, in my mind, an Olympian gold medal winner running his victory lap with the fiery torch. I hear the Lord say to start running the victory lap now. Start seeing yourself as the victor in any given situation. Romans 8:37 AMP 'Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. ' As you run, people will see the fire of God that you carry. A flame that cannot be quenched. You've been in the elite training course for the God of army angels. He will not send you to battle…

  • Politics With The One You Love
         'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

    More than likely, while getting to know someone for the purpose of forming a romantic relationship, the subject of politics will eventually boil to the surface. You'll be sharing that bag of buttered popcorn waiting for a movie to start, chit chatting in a restaurant looking forward to your favorite meals to be served, watching the news, or lying in bed when all of a sudden sloppy smiles appear, or explosive hair-pulling begins making the gloves fly off while discussing the latest political headlines. After all politics, and probably religion are two of the most debated subjects…

  • Bible and Quote - May 19 -23
         'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns

    (after the enemy fled from battle) Joab left off fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem. the Syrians. regrouped (and) sent for the Syrians who were across the River. 2 Samuel 10:14-16 Partial defeat stirs up our foes to stronger struggles. Alexander Maclaren, 1826-1910, British Baptist expository preacher When (the enemy’s regrouping) was told to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and defeated them and they made peace with Israel. 2 Samuel 10:17-19a Why try to fight the battle on the field of (the enemy’s)…

  • Eucharisteo: Jesus Saved Me
         'God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester

    I write a list of God’s gifts to me throughout the year. Salvation is the best gift God gives his children. As we enter the season of Thanksgiving, we spend time reflecting on what God has done in our lives, what he has given us, and we express our gratitude. Where would I be if Jesus hadn’t saved me? All I know is I would not be where I am nor who I am today. Jesus spoke to an insecure teenager and said, “I can take care of those worries and fears you have.” But she really didn’t understand. The LORD spoke…

  • My Dad
         'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley

    When I was six years old I noticed that there were other people who must have been a whole lot older than be just because they were all bigger. My parents kept telling me that I would grow bigger the older I got. Mom told me one time that I asked her, "Is Dad really old? He's so big." Dad was, to a six year old, huge. Now, he wouldn't have been very big at all. Dad was, in his prime, almost six feet two inches tall. He was very slim built possessing a metabolism that could have fueled the electricity for our little town. He weighed all of one hundred and sixty five pounds…

  • Lest Anyone Should Boast
         ''Winging It' from Stan Smith

    I recently finished Rosaria Butterfield's The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert. This is not a review of the book. If you don't know who she is, she was a leftist, lesbian professor that despised Christians ... and then became one. Good story. She was redeemed and actually turned her life over to Christ. She has drawn a lot of fire from the LGBT community because she stopped being a lesbian and married a pastor. There was one part in her story, after she was a pastor's wife, that shocked me. It shouldn't have, but it did. She wrote about talking to a woman at a church that…

  • The School of Hard Knocks
         'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

    Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! – Js. 1:22 There seems to be a loss of connection between what student nurses are taught and what they need when they work in hospital wards. They find it difficult to bring together and make sensible their theory (school of nursing) and their practice (hospital ward). This gap between theory and practice is not a situation confined to social work and nursing. The same problem besets those who work in…

  • For Love's Sake (1-25-11)
         'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

    As an apostle of Christ, Paul had more authority (power) at his disposal than any person now living! He could heal the sick, cast out evil spirits, strike certain people blind (such as Elymas the sorcerer), and even raise the dead (see Acts 9.12; 13.11; 20.9-12). Yet to Philemon, he wrote, "Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you…" (Philemon 1.8-10). In spite of his tremendous authority, Paul refused to command Philemon to receive Onesimus back; rather, he appealed to him out of love…

  • God Undertakes a Big Job Setting His People Free from Babylon
         'Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw

    We are reading in Isaiah Chapter 41 where Isaiah speaks specifically to Babylon, which lies 60 miles south of modern Baghdad. God is speaking to Babylon through Isaiah. I am stirring up someone from the east. God is raising up Cyrus of Persia to conquer Babylon, and set Israel free to return……

Daily Devotionals
Today is my fifty-fifth birthday. Double nickels. Finally hit the speed limit. I can now order from a lot of senior menus at restaurants. As a matter of fact, my favorite restaurant, O'Charlie's, has a senior menu which is for those fifty-five and over. There are also a number of golf courses which allow people my age to play for reduced rates. There are a few financial rewards for those of us who have gotten to this stage in life.…
Daily Dose
Daily Toon
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Words to Ponder
When I go to bed, the Devil is always waiting for me. When he begins to plague me, I give him this answer: 'Devil, I must sleep. That's God's command, 'Work by day. Sleep by night.' So go away.' If that doesn't work and he brings out a catalogue of sins, I say, 'Yes, old fellow, I know all about it. And I know some more you have overlooked. Here are a few extra. Put them down.' If he still won't quit and presses me hard and accuses me as a sinner, I scorn him and say, 'St. Satan, pray for me. Of course you have never done anything wrong in your life. You alone are holy. Go to God and get grace for yourself. If you want to get me all straightened out, I say, 'Physician, heal thyself.'' - Martin Luther (1483-1546)
'Daily Reading Plan' from StudyLight.org
Bible-in-a-Year — NAS
2 Chronicles 24; Psalms 81; John 16:4-33:
Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters. Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD. He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair the house of your God annually, and you shall do the work quickly." But…
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