Posted in offerings on Feb 12th, 2014
We’ve all heard about how disaster victims are sometimes showered with donations of clothes by people wanting to help.
And we’ve all heard that those clothes on too many occasions have been old and apparently unwanted by those giving them.
Not a good message for people needing encouragement as much as anything else.
Let’s make sure that we […]
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Posted in worship on Dec 31st, 2013
The last chapter of the Old Testament holds a promise that is incredibly comforting to my faith.
It speaks of something that I am looking forward to when my days on earth are done.
You see, by the time this promise comes true for me, it’s quite possible that I’ll be a feeble, old man who will […]
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Posted in worship on Nov 1st, 2013
“Let all that I am praise the Lord!”
This line from Psalm 104:1 sums up what is to be our purpose for life.
We are to be living instruments of praise and worship.
It really is that simple.
Notice that the verse doesn’t say, “Let all that I do praise the Lord.”
It’s “…all that I am…”
You see, faith is […]
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Posted in worship on Oct 25th, 2013
Now here’s a glorious passage from today’s reading in the One-Year Bible:
“Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
“Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
“Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
“Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise”
If the things […]
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Posted in worship on Oct 23rd, 2013
I used to do this more often.
Life has been very busy in the morning in recent months, though, and I’ve neglected the habit.
I need to change.
This is what I’m referring to:
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
“It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in […]
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