In life, people hurt us. Sometimes it’s on purpose. Many times it’s on accident. But the truth is, in life, we all get hurt. We all get wounded. We all get hurt. The hurts that are accidental, while they still hurt, at least we can understand that. In our lives, we have hurt others ourselves. [...]
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Drinking a Poison
Posted in Reflections, tagged Forgive on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Grace, Faith, and Life
Posted in Reflections, tagged Faith, Grace, Life on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I love the book of Galatians. It may be my favorite book in the Bible. It speaks to so many things about faith, about grace, about the Christian lifestyle, about who we are called to be. Today’s ready reading deals with two of the things we deal with. Grace and sin. Listen to what Paul [...]
Think About It
Posted in Reflections, tagged Flesh, Spirit, Thoughts on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s the old joke, that really is true, when you ask a man what he’s thinking about and he says nothing, he really means it. He’s not thinking about anything. Hard to believe, but true! Sometimes we just turn our brains off! But, in our lives, we all focus on something. We all have our [...]
Do Not Be Afraid
Posted in Reflections, tagged Calling, Fear, Jesus, Purpose, Trust on April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Paul in his ministry did a lot of pretty scary things. He went to some pretty rough places. He faced down some pretty tough dudes. He was willing to do all of this, because He had a passion, a calling a desire to take the good news of Jesus’ love, mercy, and salvation to as [...]
What the Purpose of Your Life Is
Posted in Reflections, tagged Life, Plan, Purpose on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
God always has purpose for His people. Now, for us as individuals, that purpose may include specific things, in relation to our lives, our families, who we are and what we do. God has specific callings and purposes for you in your life. You were made for something specific for Him. You have gifts and [...]
Enough for Today
Posted in Reflections, tagged Faith, Today, Trust on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We see in the story of the Exodus God call the people out of slavery in Egypt at. And that’s great. Except for this. In Egypt, while tough and slaves, the people at least had enough food to eat. The people at least has shelter. The people at least knew where the next meal would [...]
Who We Are
Posted in Reflections, tagged Life on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Who are you? Are you a mom? A dad? A husband? A wife? Son or daughter? Friend? Co-worker? Employee? Employer? Yes. Today, we are all these things. We are teachers and students, administrators, neighbors, and teammates. Today, we each wear a lot of hats in our lives. We each “do” a lot of things, we [...]
Be Holy (Gulp)
Posted in Reflections, tagged Different, God, Holy, Love on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of the commands of for His people is one that I don’t like to hear, and is one that I’m just as likely to run away from as I am to want to obey. Be holy. Gulp. That’s hard. And it doesn’t sound like fun. Or something that can do. Or something that we [...]
April 16, A Remembrance of No Greater Love
Posted in Reflections on April 16, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I have sent this reflection out the last few years on April 16. I hope you will obliges me the chance to share it again. What follows, more so than anything other than my salvation, has shaped who I am as a person, a pastor, a husband, and a father. I don’t normally read from [...]
When Your Prayer Life is Hard
Posted in Reflections, tagged Example, Following Jesus, Jesus, Prayer, Trail on April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Jesus models for us, in our lives, what life should be like. He shows to us the model of Christian life and faithfulness. Will we ever live as He lived? No likely. But, He shows us what we should aspire to. He shows us what we should chase after. We should all, in our lives, [...]
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