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One Things

Welcome to a new year. 2017 brings new opportunities to use our gifts, develop our skills, deepen our walk with Christ,  and impact the world for Christ. On TV the other morning, two ladies shared their New Year’s resolutions—lists of things they wish to achieve in 2017. Good things. Worthy things. Resolutions are good, but […]

Watch, Read, Listen, Study

We need God and we need His word. If we want to impact our world for Christ and take His to the lost of the world, we must fill our hearts and mind with God’s truths and precepts. Sometimes we need to mix it up a bit. Something new can breath new life into our […]

Lent: empty to full, Ash Wednesday

Lent is a season of opposites. We weep so we may rejoice. We sacrifice so we may receive. We empty so we can be filled. In Hebrew the word for empty transliterates as reyqam, which means in vain, empty, idle, without affect. I must admit I have been reyqam — vainly focused on myself, idly wasting […]

Short & Sweet: Bitterness or Betterness?

Bitterness or Betterness? “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” Matthew 12:34b-35   When I was little, I was fascinated by treasure and […]

Christmas To Do-ers List, Day 8: Go Tell About Him

Christmas To Do-ers List Day 8: Go Tell About Him “When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.” Luke 2:17-18 The night started out just like any other. At dusk, the shepherds settled […]

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