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April 28, 2009

Test of Trust

Test of Trust… “The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.” Proverbs 17:3 The Lord tests the heart to build our trust. Resistance to our efforts creates a reason to reach out to our Creator. Your test of trust is not a trivial pursuit, but a process of [...]

April 13, 2009

Patience Calms Down

Patience Calms Down… “A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.” Proverbs 15:18 Anger stirs up; patience calms down. Anger has an axe to grind; patience smoothes over offences. Anger reacts in the moment; patience refrains to process. Anger rejects; patience accepts. Anger gets revenge; patience forgives. The goal of [...]

April 10, 2009

Alive and Well

Alive and Well… “Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen”. Mark 16:14 Jesus Christ is alive and well. His earlier followers, taken back by His death, initially denied His [...]

April 9, 2009

God’s Passover

God’s Passover… “The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and where I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.” Exodus 12:13… “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” 1 Corinthians 5:7b. God’s Passover for Christian’s is [...]

March 31, 2009

Focused Leadership

Focused Leadership… “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead…” Philippians 3:13 Paul understood and applied focused leadership. Under extreme conditions he remained vigilant to plant churches and preach the gospel, even in the face [...]

May 13, 2008

Anna Graduates High School

Rita and I are a little numb these days as our baby Anna Grace graduates from High School in less than a month. One tradition we have done with her three older sisters is write them a letter of congratulations, encouragement and challenge. I recently finished Anna’s graduation letter and thought you would enjoy… April [...]

December 10, 2007

Wisdom from a Friend…Todd & Rebekah Coons on Dating

Foundation Colossians 3:1-17 Christ commands for our sinful self to be put to death, “Put to death therefore, whatever belongs to the earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed” (Colossians 3:5). Once we surrender and allow Christ to put to death the old self we are to be consumed by the new [...]

July 26, 2025

You Have Everything

“If Christ is your everything, you have everything you need.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 26, 2025 Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything. 2 Corinthians 6:10, NLT My eldest child recently [...]

July 22, 2025

Who Stole It?

“I find the treasure of Jesus Christ safely stored in my heart.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 22, 2025 by Martha Wilson The thief does not come except to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 The cabinet [...]

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