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Empty-Handed Leads to Fullness With God, Part 4: Empty-Handed Implies Empty-Headed
Matt 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." NIV One day this...
Encouragement, Part 2: Encouragement Through Worship
Heb 10:25: "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching." NIV Did you know that we can be of encouragement to one another through worship? I sure didn't know,...
Deliverance, Part 2: Burn Their Idols in Fire
"This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire." (Deut. 7:5) In "Deliverance, Part 1", we learned God delivers us of our problems -- gives us everything we need...
Footprints in the Snow, Part 1
Running is one of my favorite means of stress management. It’s a time of physically “burning” off any negative emotions, it’s a bonding time between my dog and me, and, most importantly, it’s a time of reflection, a time for me to be alone with my maker. And this...
LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP, PART 7: Out of the Eater, Something to Eat
This is the 7th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from one of Israel's more well-known judges, Samson . . . "The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power so that he tore the lion...
Encouragement, Part 3: Encouragement Through Action
A great way to be an encouragement to someone is through our actions. Through our actions we can show we care for others or that we don't care for them. Too often I fall in the trap of the latter! Only if I let Jesus be my guide and I yield my all to Jesus can I...
Lessons in Leadership, Part 8: God can use us, no Matter What OUR Motivation Might Be . . .
This is the 8th and final lesson from the short series focusing on what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson is the second from one of Israel's more well-known judges, Samson . . .If anything could be said of Samson's...
Footprints in the Snow, Part 2
It was the very next day, and it was the coldest day so far this year, with temperatures, considering the wind chill, dipping down as low as –27º C. “You’re crazy!” I muttered to myself as I turned off the main road to run into the cemetery. “You should have learned...
Encouragement, Part 4: Encouraging Silence
Mat 27:14 "Jesus kept silence--not a word from his mouth. The governor was impressed, really impressed." (The Message) Today's message may seem contradictory to what you've always believed. Most of us need to actually "say" something to be encouraging. But I'd like to...
Footprints in the Snow, Part 3
There were NO footprints in the snow today. And little wonder! The previous morning we had received 4 inches of the wettest, slushiest snow possible, then it warmed up to a few degrees above freezing, and the precipitation turned to rain. After raining for several...