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Who is the Bride of Christ? Is it a system, a church structure or you? How you see yourself is how you will react. If you see yourself as merely just an unworthy Christian who is far from Christ, you won’t have such a personal intimate friendship with Jesus, as if you...
My Dad gave me a few of my Grandma’s old photo albums the other day. When I looked through them it was like taking a step back in time. It was so incredible to see my brothers, my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandma all looking so young. And on some pages I even saw a smiling...
"As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was. They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he called out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!'...
"And there was a woman in the crowd who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors through the years and had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she was worse. She had heard...
Prayer impacts so know from the start that when you pray for others, it may cost them dearly. When Pharaoh announced that every male child born to an Israelite should be destroyed, Jochebed's prayers for her infant son, Moses, must have been heartbreaking. Yet she had...
"As he thinks in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7 NKJV) I’d been pondering a situation for awhile. It rolled round and round in my head. The more I thought about it, and all its possibilities and ramifications, the worse it seemed to get. A molehill was becoming a...
There are things in our memories that time does not erase, they are as strong today as they were when they were laid down. I spoke to someone on her sixtieth wedding anniversary and she said she remembered her vows as though she had taken them this morning. Her...
A number of years ago I got my bachelor's degree in music education and then went on to get my masters degree in tuba performance. It was then time to get a job. I wanted to be a high school band director. Since I had a masters degree I thought that I should be able...
I remember one of my first desires. It was for a doll I had seen in a Grace Brothers catalogue that came in the mail once or twice a year. It was the perfect doll and it bespoke companionship to an only girl on an isolated farm. My longing for the doll seemed to fall...
Where I grew up, our only water supply was rainwater that ran off the roof of the house. It ran into a deep well about 30 metres away and it was our lifeline. Without it, we could not survive. Old hands who had lived in the area a long time spoke almost reverently of...
Those who taught us to drive warned us all the time to "watch the road". Even though the road into the area is good, wide enough for two-way traffic and fully sealed, there are hills and valleys to negotiate with care. There are adjoining roads that look more...
I was visiting a friend recently when I got to see something special. Now, my friend lives on a small farm several miles down an old country lane. It is far from the street lights and business lights of the cities, towns, and suburbs. When darkness fell then he led me...
"For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling." (2Cor 5:2, NET) I love sunrises. I always have ever since I was a little boy. There is something so wonderful about walking outside at the break of dawn and seeing that glorious...