Month: August 2008
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O how good
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 I love the brotherhood of faith in Christ. I just came from a prayer meeting with a group of people I don’t know all that well. What I have joyfully discovered though over the years is this: Whether…
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psalm 42
This morning I was reading Psalm 42(in the NLT). I love the Psalms, it’s one of my favorite places to go. I had a great teacher in Jr. High who told me that he read a Psalm every day. Psalms so often are a catylst for praise. Extoling and magnifying the Lord. Often times I…
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More on Suffering
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; (Phil 3:10) The one constant prayer in my life has been “I want to know you Lord.” I’m certainly not the first to pray such things. It was said of Tozer that…
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Ashamed of the gospel
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Rom 1:16 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in…
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The course of my life
Death seems to be a reoccurring theme in my life and my ministry. Not physical death — although I have had my fair share of that as well. But rather the death that is required to follow Christ. Philippians 1:21 says these familiar words: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is…
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Reading His lips
When the people of Israel went into the promised land — they were commanded to take possession , and to destroy all it’s inhabitants. Fast forward to Joshua chapter 9. Here we read about the classic Gibeonite blunder: The Gibeonites pretended to be foreign people from a land far away — and tricked the Israelites into making a treaty…
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Sundays aren’t the same
Recently, my family and I went from full-time ministry to just attending a local church. Yesterday was week two. The first week we attended we felt like we hadn’t gone to church because we hadn’t served. Yesterday, as I drove to church — I marveled that any Christian could “just” attend church on Sundays. I…
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sit. stay.
Two very important words for dog owners. Two words we can learn as well. The Lord sometimes calls us to great things. Personally — I am aware of some things that God is calling me and my family to in the future. In the not so far off future, and in the more distant future.…
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stars
tonight — long after our daughter was in bed, and after spending some time in prayer together — my wife and I went outside, and spent some time staring at the sky. Where we live is pretty rural, so we have a pretty good view of the night sky. Psalm 8 says: O LORD our Lord, how…
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August
Sometimes my life just don’t make sense at all When the mountains look so big, and my faith seems just so small So hold me Jesus, ’cause I’m shaking like a leaf You have been king of my glory, won’t you be my prince of peace. These words, accompanied by a piano that grieves, and the…
Invited & Called 