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Serve, Not Be Served

MARK 10:42-45 – And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you…

Sheep Ears

John 10:3-4 – To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SHEEP EARS.  My grandmother lived out in the country.…

Seeing Jesus

John 1:40-42a – One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.  He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).  He brought him to Jesus.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SEEING JESUS. I stumbled across a book a few years ago entitled The Inner…

The Hill Called Difficulty

  Acts 14:21-22- And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”   THEME OF THE DAY: THE HILL CALLED DIFFICULTY. Have you read John…

Beating the Blues

Psalm 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.”   THEME OF THE DAY. BEATING THE BLUES.  Every Christian goes through those spiritual experiences called “the blues”; those down times of sadness, maybe discouragement or depression, that just don’t have a cause.  We are not in sin. Nor are we totally dysfunctional. We simply are stuck in…