Pastor’s Posts
Difficult People
I chatted with a dear friend of mine who lost his wife of many years, and is in the middle of awful grief. As if that is not hard enough, a few extended family members are criticizing him for how he handled his wife’s end of life days. They are bitter. They don’t remember the…
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Shame Defeated
Psalms 34:5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. After scanning through Genesis again, I am amazed at the messes we humans make. These messes come in all shapes and sizes. Here are a few you can find in Genesis. Looking out for #1, Resentment and bitterness, Blame-shift,…
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Things I Want
June 7, 2016 What I’ve been reminded of, lately: I want to be more bothered by my selfishness than my unhappiness. I want to be more joyous over another’s good fortune than my own. I want my occasional bouts with emptiness to drive a greater hunger for what only God can fill. I want to…
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” devotionals
Imagine a World without the Church It’s a Wonderful Life–part 1 DAY 1: Corporate Light “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the story of George Bailey, a banker who has fallen on hard times. He decides that the world would be better off without him so he decides to jump off a bridge. But an angel…
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Psalm 119-SONG
God’s Word is POWERFUL! It is a lamp to our feet, and a light to our path. I sat down to write a song to help me put some of the Psalms to memory, and as I mentioned Sunday, I wanted to share this one with you. It was just sort of a desktop…
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God Is Your King
The Kingdom of God O.T. part 8 (Multiply, pp. 223-235) DAY 1: The King of Creation Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over…
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