Jesus Is Coming Back
on August 15th, 2020
Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from... Read More
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Lift Jesus Higher
on August 14th, 2020
So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on. As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen. (Luke 19: 35-37) The donkey th... Read More
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Humble Yourself
on August 13th, 2020
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. (James 4:7-8, 10) I remember when I played football as a kid, and in high school, the coaches al... Read More
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A Servant’s Posture
on August 12th, 2020
Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it. Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields. Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings on the coming King... Read More
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A Counter-Cultural Decision
on August 11th, 2020
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) When the week of triumph and spiritual success started when Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem, we see that we must choose what matters to God over and against what matters to... Read More
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An Unconventional Choice
on August 10th, 2020
As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it and will... Read More
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Redefining Success
on August 9th, 2020
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. (Proverbs 4:25-27) In our world today, there are many people stuck, upset, frustrated, and flat out stressed out with life because they made life decisions based upon how something a... Read More
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Looks Aren’t Everything
on August 8th, 2020
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7) I remember when I left Richmond and went to college, I was enamored by all of the appearance of affluence that I saw in the lives of some who came to school... Read More
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More To Life
on August 7th, 2020
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? (Matthew 6:25) Recently I looked at a list of the top selling books on platforms like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online distributors, and I discovered that books on success were some of the most popular books o... Read More
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Face Opposition Head On
on August 6th, 2020
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) When I was young, I played recreation basketball. I remember this one particular year I was moving up from one division to the next, and I was playing for a different team and with a different group of guys than I had in the years before. No one knew me.... Read More
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Prayer Changes Things
on August 5th, 2020
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7) On the last day of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing up on behalf of sanitation workers, fighting for their rights. As ... Read More
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See Something, Do Something
on August 4th, 2020
I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. (Ezekiel 22:30-31) In today’s key passage, we are able to do deduce what wa... Read More
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Praying For Sinners
on August 3rd, 2020
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths. In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who... Read More
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No One To Be Found
on August 2nd, 2020
I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. (Ezekiel 22:30) In today’s key verse, the prophet Ezekiel is clearly stating a problem in regard to the High Priest. The problem, as cited by God, is that there was no one who could be found to fulfill the role. At this point in hi... Read More
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Plug The Wall
on August 1st, 2020
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13) In her novel entitled “The Silver Skates,” American author Mary Dodge tells a tale of the bravery and commitment of a young Dutch boy in Holland, who was coming home from school one day and noticed a hole spewing water from the wall surrounding his city. This wall protected the parts of the city that were be... Read More
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Worship When You’re Discouraged
on June 30th, 2020
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. (Job 1:21) Job’s life story is one that shows us that regardless of what struggles and discouragement you face, life still goes on. Even when disappointments and hardships come up, we must keep going. He was able to reach that resolve by putting his situation in its proper perspective. Job was initially discouraged. ... Read More
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Waiting For God To Mold You
on June 29th, 2020
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. (Isaiah 64:4) A while back, a group from our church took a trip to Italy. While we were there, we had the privilege of seeing the famous statue of David. But what’s interesting is that most people don’t know the history of the statue. It all began in 1466... Read More
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Use Mistakes As Fuel
on June 28th, 2020
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” (John 21:15) Every time I read the story of Peter denying Jesus, the one thing that always sticks out to me is that Peter’s story doesn’t end with his denial. Instead, Jesus gives Peter another chance, and Pete... Read More
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