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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matt 6:21 NIV) I got to meet a wonderful person the other day. I had stopped to buy a local newspaper from a machine when I saw a middle-aged lady already there. She had a handful of quarters and was...
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, seeking my face (which is turning from their wicked ways) then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) My friend of 30 years...we...
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8 NIV) Across the miles of my life, I've recently learned that I need to slow down and make a...
There are some days when you wake up in the morning and open your eyes and think , same old day , same situation , same hurt, same problem , same misery and same difficulties. How many of you have ever felt like this being overwhelmed by the events of our being? A...
"Be still and know that I am God . . ." (Ps. 46:10a) Recently I was blessed with the privilege of caring for my family's 13 birds. Since this was my first experience with such a lot of them, and since one of their birds had died the previous year under the care...
This story actually began about a couple of months before we left on our vacation. Four Lineolated Parakeets (linnies) in New Brunswick were being bullied by a larger parrot. The two males had already lost toes, and one of them was missing a large chunk of his beak....
"I have called you friends . . ." (John 15:15) A friend wrote me the other day and told me that I sure do seem to have a lot of good days in my life. This friend wanted to know what is the difference between having a good day and having a bad day. I thought about it a...
In last week's lesson, focusing on Song of Solomon 1:8, we discovered the truth that that God is NEVER far away! When we cry out to Him, He comes running to us like a gazelle over the hills. And at the times when we seek to know His will and He doesn't seem to be...
The book of Joshua is coming to an end now. All that is left is the division of the land. I don't know about you, but I find the chapters in Joshua 13-20 rather tedious, for they go into so much detail about characteristics of borders. But is there something that we...
Last time we were together we discussed what Jesus called the "so-called prayer warriors" and the fact that prayer is not a formula for getting what you want from God. Today we will talk about more legalistic techniques and why they do not work. "With a God like this...
Last week, in Wilderness Instruction, Part 3, we saw that our hearts, the Temple of the Holy Spirit, need to be fashioned after the heart of Jesus Christ. Only then can we truly experience God to the fullest. But just how do we fashion our hearts after the heart of...
In Written on the Heart, Part 3, we understand that there is a call to follow God's track through Scripture and pause to find quiet places. God's Word will bring us to quiet places of reflection, so we must attend to those quiet places in order for God to be able to...
In last week's lesson, focusing on Song of Solomon 3:1-4, we discovered the truth that that when we are so encased in problems that we can't find God, we need to: a) long for Him; b) search for Him; and c) seek the aid of other Christians to help us refocus. And when...