James 1: 19- 20 “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.” Is there anything more intolerable in life than listening to “vain babblings”? Paul worded it accurately in…
Lamentations 3:40-42 “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven………” It’s a hard thing to get past, especially if you’ve been raised in a traditional, conservative church. You know what I’m talking about – raising…
Psalm 68: 24-27 “Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary. In front are the singers, after them the musicians, with them are the maidens playing tambourines. Praise God in the great congregation; praise the Lord in the assembly of…
Occasionally I’m guilty of something I don’t know how to handle or categorize in my mind to know if I’m crossing a line in rational thinking that would be justification enough to be admitted for further emotional evaluation. I hesitate to mention it to my friends, especially those to whom Sunday morning is just a…
2 Samuel 22:32 “For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?” Do you feel like David is saying in teenager lingo, “Duh?” Let’s quit fretting about answering the simple questions like, “Who is God?” “What is life all about?” “How did the world get here?” God is God…
Does your worship experience depend on what YOU will experience personally during the worship service? Do you have the preconceived notion that worship should make YOU feel better when you leave? If you’re having a bad morning, do you think that God will give YOU an excused absence, much as a professor in a class?…
Psalm 56:3-4 “When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid, what can mortal man do to me?” Fear is a strange thing. To some it becomes the debilitating instrument that renders them helpless. For some it infuses them with…
Psalm 28:2 “Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.” When you think of worship, what do you think of? Is it the singing, the preaching, Communion, or perhaps even the prayers? The Bible uses several different expressions of worship;…
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