Adoption As Sons… Having been born again a new creature is amazing in ways that can not be described. One would think everyone would want to have a life renewed. How do we reach those that have not been adopted? Do they know they want to be adopted by Jesus Christ? Living so many years in sin – just a garden-variety drunk, liar, thief and all around scumbag – this life is almost like a dream. It’s as if…not as if, but in reality a new creature is sitting here…
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Into The Fire… Living a life of sin a person find themselves in continually in a dumpster fire. The only problem is, since they are in a dumpster fire all the see is the blue sky above their head. As soon as they look around, well, the fire, the space and all the garbage is easily seen. Another problem arises at this point – it’s easier to look at the blue sky than the dumpster fire they created, they fuel and they themselves see as being “fine” or “under control”.…
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We Love Him… When sin engulfs your world it can be difficult to see, hear or even smell Truth. The life of sin we live tells us all is well. We believe it because we are surrounded by “things”, shiny things, new things, antique things…things, things, things. We rarely, in our life of deception, stop to question or wonder about all the nonsense because we believe we are surrounded by “love”. It is almost impossible to see that we are, in fact, surrounded by not-love. If “not-love is the order…
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Clay… Sitting here laughing at the foley we call our life. We somehow reach, these…ridiculous conclusions that we are somehow in charge of our life. How can it be that we are somehow smarter than the Creator? How is that we can somehow see around the corner just in front of us? Yes, God grants us freewill. We can do as we please. Looking back at the history of how that’s worked out…well, maybe yours worked better, but the wreckage in the rearview mirror needs to stay there. Freewill is…
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A Light Has Shined… The past several months have been a whirlwind of activity. Some good, some great and some, well, let’s say less than good. The good news, however, is, today, a less than perfect day is far better than days in the former life. The old “creature” had so few good or great days that it didn’t matter. What was deemed as great turns out was anything but. Not saying that before being saved was just a never ending string of loses, misery and unhappiness, just saying that…
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Rise Up… Day by day people are growing weary. War and rumors of war take their toll after a while. Nine months we have endured, nine months we accepted lies, nine months we stood by as the guardians of Cesar spoke out of both sides of their mouth – like the serpents they are, like the serpents we have grown comfortable to be around. Their words are silky smooth and executed with a monotone drone that soothes the weak and intrigues the curious. We have seen this movie many times,…
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Preparedness… 20/20 has caught a number of our friends and neighbors in ways that no one would have dreamt of even in February of this year. As we see another year coming to a close what do we see just ahead? What’s in the cupboard, what’s in the closet, what’s in the pantry and, most importantly, what’s in our heart and mind? We see that we are to be prepared, at all times, for the coming of the Lord. Remember the bridesmaids and the oil lamps? “Then the kingdom of…
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Love That… I wanna know this love that burns my heart… Love that knows me…Love that called me…Love that heals me Love that protects me… Love that knows my name Love that set me apart…Love that makes me free Ohhh..A love that knows me…Love that wrecks me…Love that moves me Ohhhh…Love that holds me And I would give the very breath I breathe Just to have You next to …me. Stay here, close to me… ~Open, Josh Baldwin / Kim Walker-Smith If people would ever be honest with themselves, and…
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No, Not One… When addiction (sin) runs your life you see others as living life with the same addiction (sin). If one is drinking all the time and the goal is to kill the pain, when others are drinking that is the how their drinking is seen. They must be drinking to kill the pain as well. It is only after the cloud is erased, permanently, that others drinking is seen in the true light of what it is – normal, having a couple of cocktails in a social setting,…
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Represent… When we start our day with prayer and continue to pray throughout the day doesn’t seem to make the day a lot easier? Jesus Christ is everywhere. He hears our prayers, He knows our needs before we say a word and He knows what the next step is going to be – even if we “throw a curveball” in the middle of our day – He still saw it coming. The Christian faith is known throughout the entire world. This is not say that Christianity is practiced throughout the…
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