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Attending Church: The Place We Get Perspective

PSALM 73:25: Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.” Take another look at today’s scripture. Remember this is the language of prayer. Asaph, the author of the Psalm, is talking to the Lord. And what a prayer! Right now, in our lives, attitudes, priorities, goals, desires, and pursuits, may we look…

A Battle to Fight

PHILIPPIANS 4:4-7 – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and…

What Type of Christian Are We Known As?

PHILEMON 3-7 – Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become…

Tears Will Be Wiped Away

PSALM 30:5-For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Do we know the Bible tells us God collects our tears? He really does. David writes,“ You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your…

Privilege and Necessity of Togetherness

ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12-Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man…

Be Careful in Making Choices

PHILIPPIANS 1:9-11-And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” Choices. We make them each day…