Posted in God's grace on Jun 24th, 2011
There’s a little story in today’s One-Year Bible reading that reminded me of God’s surprising breadth of grace.
The prophet Elisha had a loyal group of ministry followers who also were preachers. One of them said to Elisha that they needed a bigger church building in order to accommodate everybody who wanted to be in [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Jun 21st, 2011
I love the fact that I am never too far from God’s strong, rescuing arms.
Just as a child is comforted by his daddy’s presence when times get scary, so are Christians to find inner peace because they are never too far from God’s divine desire and ability to help.
Some of you remember teaching your kids [...]
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Posted in God's grace on May 10th, 2011
The more we learn about godly faith, the more we learn about — and appreciate — God’s grace.
I believe that’s one of the reasons that many older Christians are more patient and forgiving than are younger Christians.
It’s likely that the older Christians have observed — and experienced — the grace of God as it was [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Feb 17th, 2011
When you go to the movies, the price you pay for admission doesn’t change based on your income.
If you don’t pay the going rate, you don’t get in.
The same principle applies to most everything in life.
We live basically in a flat-rate world.
I’m glad that the level of financial giving that God sets for believer faithfulness [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Feb 14th, 2011
I’m so glad to know that there is no struggle we face that is greater than our Lord’s strength to carry us through to the other side of trouble.
This has been true in my life and this has been true in yours.
Even in those times when our faith wavered and we toyed with the idea [...]
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