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Share the Journey
Today begins the journey of Lent. I have created a page again this year to SHARE THE JOURNEY. This year I have a sense in my heart to go a slightly different direction. I am part of the Common English Bible Blog Tour this year, so when you comment on my posts, you get entered into a drawing for a…
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Ash Wednesday
1 Listen to my prayer, LORD! Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy! Because of your righteousness, answer me!2 Please don’t bring your servantto judgment, because no living thing is righteous before you. 3 The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who’ve been dead forever.4…
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Lenten Passages for Devotions
Follow Lenten readings HERE from the Common English Bible team.
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Kingdom DNA
I am using the Ephesians 5 text today rather than the gospel text for my Sunday message. All week long the Spirit has been stirring my heart. I am to BE light. Paul doesn’t say, “You were IN darkness, now you are IN light.” He says, “You WERE darkness, now you ARE light.” The Kingdom has DNA. Darkness has DNA.…
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Walking Through the Dark Valleys
Psalm 23 deserves a slow walk at times. I’ve come back to it all week because I don’t want to rush through such a treasured Psalm this time. One of the most difficult things for us to learn is knowing the presence of our Shepherd in our darkest valleys. If God is really there, why is it so dark? Isn’t…
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Breaking Through Barriers
The gospel text for this Sunday is John 4. Jesus encounters the woman at the well. One of the key thoughts this trip through this familiar passage is how Jesus breaks through barriers. The barriers I see in one area concerns us as believers. In reaching out to our world there are barriers that need busting. Jesus demonstrates amazing ability…
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No one righteous
The examination of Lent is to realize our incredible need of Christ. In Jeremiah 5 we read these words: “If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.” The hard truth was that Jeremiah wouldn’t be able to find one that could save the city. In Romans 2-3 we have…
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Why Do We Tire of Living Water?
There are times we simply lose sight of the invitation of the Lord. He is living water. And for some reason we get tired of living water.
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Let Us Enter Into That Rest
I’m always struggling. Not always, but it just seems that way, I suppose. Struggling to make ends meet. Struggling to keep my time commitments. Struggling to get things done. I end a week fairly exhausted. This week seems more draining. The blame this week is on Daylight Savings Time. The hour lost has just crushed me. (It’s a good excuse.…
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Let’s Go Over This Again
The Book of Deuteronomy is the “second law.” It’s the reiteration of the law for the people of Israel because a new generation was under Moses and they were the ones to take the Promised Land. The law needed to be repeated. Along with that, Moses reminded them of the story. He reminded Israel of their failures. Deuteronomy 9 is…
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