Complete In Christ
on December 4th, 2020
And in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. (Colossians 2:10) A few years ago, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “Marriage responds to the universal fear that a lonely person might call out only to find no one there.” Here he associated marriage as a response to the “universal fear” of being single, where singleness is projected as a ... Read More
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Singleness Is Not A Problem
on December 3rd, 2020
There was a man in Man, whose property was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. (1 Samuel 25: 2-3) I was wondering why Abigail and Nabal (a fool) were in a rel... Read More
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Don’t Settle For A Fool
on December 2nd, 2020
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. (1 Samuel 25:3) In our text, we have recorded a rather fascinating narrative about a woman named Abigail who is married to a man named Nabal. In one sense it seems as if she has so much going on for her. She is described as smart and attractiv... Read More
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Seek God First
on December 1st, 2020
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple…And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” (Isaiah 6:1, 5) As people of faith, we are summoned from time to time to wrestle with the times in which we ... Read More
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Making Good From Bad
on November 30th, 2020
All things work together for the good of them that love God and are called according to His promise. – Romans 8:28 One of the most amazing, mind-blowing attributes of God is that He can use both the good and bad in our lives to accomplish His will. The woman who the prophet Hosea is to marry has a bad reputation in society as a prostitute. She stands for that which is considered unseemly; she sta... Read More
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God’s Approval Over Man’s Approval
on November 29th, 2020
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. – Galatians 1:10 It’s one thing to say that we should be open to God speaking and moving in unorthodox ways, but it’s another thing to live it. And Hosea, the prophet of God, had to be embarrassed when his relationship and marriage fell outsi... Read More
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Keep Climbing
on November 28th, 2020
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10 Writer Langston Hughes does an amazing job at conveying the principle that life isn’t always easy or clear in his poem “Mother to Son.” In this work of poetry, the mother says to her son, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” In other words, life is... Read More
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An Unconventional Path
on November 27th, 2020
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.” – Hosea 1:2 In our text today, God colors outside the lines in the life of Hosea the Prophet. Hosea is the eighth century prophet whom the Lord instructs to marry a prostitute. Most people, when concep... Read More
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A Script For A Good Life
on November 26th, 2020
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. – Proverbs 19:21 If you are looking for God’s will in a conventional way, you just might miss God altogether. Think about it. If you take a look at Scripture and the accounts of God’s character, He rarely takes the conventional, predictable path as He guides His children. No one would have understood why... Read More
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His Greater Plan
on November 25th, 2020
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. – Ephesians 3:20-21 Understanding that God establishes plans that are often so different from our own plans doesn’t come easily for His children and for believers. But whe... Read More
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Coloring Inside The Lines
on November 24th, 2020
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 One of the first educational lessons I learned in life was to color inside the lines. It was probably in nursery school when we were given outlines of characters and crayons, and told to color. Invariably there would be times when I and some of my classmates would make a mess and color all over the place, and the ... Read More
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Convinced Of God’s Faithfulness
on November 23rd, 2020
And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. – Hebrews 11:11-12 The seventeenth-century Puritan preacher, Thomas Fuller, said that all mankind was divid... Read More
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Willing To Take The First Step
on November 22nd, 2020
For we walk by faith, not by sight. – 2 Corinthians 5:7 The story is told of a young man who ran out of gas on the side of the road. He knew he was going to have to push his car to the nearest exit that was really close, but he needed a little help. He tried to flag people down and one after another they passed him by, so he got frustrated and sat in the car. After a while, he went back out and... Read More
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Partnering In The Promise
on November 21st, 2020
Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” – Genesis 18:10 One of the most popular miracles we read about in the Bible begins when God promises to give Abram a son in His old age. But this miracle doesn’t happen without Abram’s participation. For Abram to become the father of many nations he has to participate in the promis... Read More
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Waiting For Your Promise
on November 20th, 2020
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Recently I was watching the animal channel and the narrator of the show was talking about the amount of time it takes for different species of animals to give birth. It takes some small insects only about five days to go from conceiving to giving birth. It takes a rabbit and squirrels one to tw... Read More
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God’s Will In God’s Timing
on November 19th, 2020
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year,... Read More
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Hearing The Voice Of God
on November 18th, 2020
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. – Genesis 12:2 We all want to know what God’s will is for our lives. But in order for you to get confirmation of God’s will, you must have the ability to hear the voice of God. This entire scene in Genesis 12 centers around what the Lord says to Abram, and Abram obeying. God speaks ... Read More
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Leading In Faith
on November 17th, 2020
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12 On 60 Minutes a few years ago, Valerie Jarrett told the story of her father, Dr. James Bowman’s first day on the job as a pathologist and geneticist at St. Luke Hospital in Chicago. Because he was black, they told him not to come through the front door on h... Read More
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