Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Lord, I often find myself not taking time to spend with You because I’m so busy with personal and worldly affairs. I let things distract me from what is really important. In order to grow closer to You on a daily basis, I need to avoid some of the distractions and entanglements of the world. […]
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GETTING UNTANGLED
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
The battle in my heart can only be won through Christ’s work within me, remaking my desires, rewiring my mind, and renewing my heart. It’s hard to put Jesus first. I desire to hide God’s truth in my soul, but the world and my interaction with it want to be first instead. Christ, who loved […]
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PUT JESUS FIRST
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Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Faith demands that we act on nothing more than a promise. Faith is illogical; it is unreasonable. It rests on what is unseen and what cannot be calculated by human reason. Once we hear God’s word, we are to obey it, with no other evidence to direct us, with no other proof to go on. […]
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FAITH
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
In my five trips to Ireland, I always end up in Dublin, and I always go to Phoenix Park, and I always sit on the same bench on the Khyber Road within the park. This is what I wrote after my first trip in 2016 as I sat on that bench. Sitting on a White […]
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THE MELODY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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Thursday, January 12th, 2023
The safest place on earth is not an abstraction or a concept, not a thought in my mind or a sudden revelation, not even being in the Bible or in prayer or in Christian service. To put it clearly, it is not a something but a Someone. The safest place on earth is leaning back […]
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THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Love the only One who could save you and the only One who can translate you from this life to heaven. On your own, you have nothing of any value for your trip to eternity.
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WHY LOVE GOD?
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
We saw last week that one definition of love is “doing what’s best for the other person.” That’s a thought, and thoughts are not particularly beneficial until they become things. Jesus loves us is a thought. The cross is a thing. The cross became Jesus’ doing what’s best for us. I love Jesus is a […]
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THOUGHTS AND THINGS
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
Come near to God and He will come near to you. James 4:8 It is not more knowledge that I need, Almighty God, but more seeking Your presence here and there and everywhere. You are in the fireplace downstairs and in the office upstairs. You are in the kitchen where I eatAnd in the bedroom […]
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DO YOU SEE GOD EVERYWHERE?
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
I visited with Marlin yesterday at the county jail where I am a volunteer chaplain. He has lived a dangerous life with drugs, stealing, violence, and serving seven sentences in prison. He is presently serving a short sentence in my jail for a minor parole violation. For the past two years, he has immersed himself […]
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FINDING THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
I can read all about Jesus, study His nature and historical background, but I will never get to know Him until I do the simple, basic act of obeying Him completely in all things. When we surrender, we are flooded with new light, new hope, great joy, glorious peace and abounding faith. And where do […]
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OBEDIENCE
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