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  • Is Change Really Necessary for New Year's Resolutions?
         'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess

    (I'm cheating... this is from my blog post yesterday.) I get depressed thinking about making New Year Resolutions. Do you? Do you look at your list six months down the road and think... ACK! I've failed! How often do we recognize what others need to change in their lives before we recognize what changes we need to make? So many of us make New Year’s resolutions with truly less resolution and more "feel better about myself". After the first month it seems all the resolution to change and be a better person dissolves. Sometimes we keep those resolutions…

  • Twas Anything but Silent
         'Voice of Inspiration' from Andy Castro

    Twas the night before Christ was born and all through the barn, all the creatures were stirring wondering who these two were. Mary was frightened and Joseph unsure, It seemed like a blur. They had to leave home to give birth in a barn. It didn't make a bit of sense. The Redeemer born in a barn. And it was anything but silent. The person who wrote "Silent Night Holy Night" apparently didn't have kids. With restless animals and Mary in labor it was not silent. Joseph had to be on edge and unsure what to do. And who delivered the baby? Did neighboring…

  • Argument From Silence
         ''Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs

    The lack of a specific command in the new testament, especially from the epistles of Paul, for Christians to observe the seventh day Sabbath, or any other day as sacred, has generated two issues: arguments (proof) from silence, and arguments (events) from circumstance. (Jerusalem conference; and Paul's comments on "days“). In the first four verses of Romans 14, Paul addresses those who apparently made religious distinctions concerning foods, which is relatively clear. However, beginning in verse 5, he apparently changes the object of his discussion to address the differences…

  • The Miracle of Attraction
         'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

    What produces physical chemistry with someone from the very beginning? Everyone from psychologists to astrologers have tried figuring out what provides that all-wonderful, physiological reaction that takes place when man and woman meet for the very first time. What turns your skin moist and warm, your eyes dilated and sleepy eyed, and your blood pressure spiking to astronomical levels, surging with lust upon first glance. Many have crashed a car while staring out the window, or even fainted at first sight at their one-in-a-million guy or girl. But, no matter why or when…

  • Bible and Quote - May 5-9
         'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns

    As for man, his days (come to an end). But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him And His righteousness to children's children.. Psalm 103:15-17 It is a great satisfaction to godly men, when they are going out of the world, to see the affairs of their families in a good posture, their children rising up in their stead to serve God and their generation. Matthew Henry 1662-1714Welsh-born, English nonconformist minister and Bible commentator .O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty, Covering…

  • Weakness
         'God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester

    Have you ever felt weak as you face a huge task or a change in your life? When we face these things as believers, have we admitted to God we can’t do them by ourselves? We have scriptural evidence that God and the Holy Spirit will help us through. The Apostle Paul spoke many times of weakness, his as well as other that of other people. He shares with the believers in Corinth what the LORD said to Him. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) As human beings, we will face circumstances that…

  • A good walk spoiled!
         'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley

    In twenty-seven years of playing golf I have seen people who absolutely did not belong on a golf course. How do I know that? I had to follow them for the day. Someone once said that, "Golf is a good walk spoiled." Well, following people who have enough money to buy golf clubs and pay greens fees but know nothing of the game must be at the very heart of that statement. That is the problem with golf. People can afford to play the game. But they refuse to invest the time to learn the game. They will not read about it, study it, practice it or even watch it. Then they go…

  • Sola Scriptura
         ''Winging It' from Stan Smith

    The cry of the Reformation was "Sola Scriptura!" Okay, maybe not, but it was certainly the undergirding concept. Among all the other "solas", the other "only" references (sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solus Christus, and soli Deo gloria) were based on this one. That is, the claims that we are saved by faith apart from works, saved by grace apart from works, saved by Christ alone, and that God alone deserves glory are all predicated on the notion that Scripture alone is the authority on matters of faith and practice. It was held over against…

  • Obey, Don't Feel
         'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

    If another believer sins, rebuke him; then if he repents, forgive him. Luke 17:3 Forgiveness is first granted, then felt. Christians frequently raise the objection that if you act forgiving without really feeling it, you are guilty of hypocrisy. But we find in Luke 17 that feelings are not a necessary ingredient of obedience. Jesus began with a warning in verse 3: “Be careful of yourselves.” The warning was necessary; there are many ways to err about forgiveness. The warning is pertinent to many Christians who are caught up in the…

  • Who Alone is Wise
         'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

    Jude’s marvelous benediction reads: "To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen." (Jude 1.25). There is one phrase in this closing sentence of Jude’s short book which may escape our attention unless something drives us to observe it. That shall be the purpose of this 5 part miniseries, i.e. to drive us to consider the phrase, Who Alone Is Wise. Wisdom is a valuable asset. It cannot insure that we always have only what is best, but it can go a long way toward that end. Circumstances beyond our…

  • Jesus Gives Basic Principles for Mission and Ministry
         'Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw

    When we move on into Luke Chapter 10, we are looking at some of the things Jesus did and said once He had set his face to go to Jerusalem. Jesus appointed 72 others - for a period of ministry - sending them out two by two - and they were to go and minister in the various towns and villages, where He planned to go and preach……

Daily Devotionals
Ten years ago I was forty-four. My hair was dark. What am I saying? I actually had hair. I was still fairly active, playing softball for the church softball team and even doing some periodic jogging. At times I would walk a golf course and carry my bag. At that time, I remember thinking that being forty-four was getting up there. Now I am ten years closer to "up there" and, my, how things have changed! My dark hair is…
Daily Dose
Daily Toon
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 16:19 - It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Words to Ponder
He may lead us into temptation, but He will never leave us in temptation. - Peter Lewis (20th century)
'Daily Reading Plan' from StudyLight.org
Bible-in-a-Year — NAS
2 Kings 7:3-20; Jonah 2; 1 Corinthians 13:
"If we say, 'We will enter the city,' then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit here, we will also die. Now then come, and let's go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, then we will die." So they got up at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold,…
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