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A Choice for Now

In my last post, Choosing Between Good Things, I mentioned I might have to put my blog on hiatus. I've decided that instead of a full stop, I'm going to post on it when I can instead of posting regularly. As for a few other choices going on in life, I've got those...

Choosing Between Good Things

I have things to plan and work for regarding the future, and to do so I must figure out what things to give up in the present, if only temporarily. I don't want to give things up. I feel like I shouldn't give up some of them. But I do need to at least consider doing...

Summarized Bible References to Get You Curious

Robust 80-year-old man claims mountain inheritance promised to him 40 years before. (Joshua 14:6-15) Two men get too big for their respective britches. One flees from the other in battle, the other dies after a very strong woman tosses a millstone on his head. (Judges...

Being a Disciple

I have some sermon notes and thoughts from last night. When you get saved, you are not automatically a disciple of Jesus Christ. Being a disciple is a choice you make to learn more about God and your relationship with Him. Being a follower of Jesus and a learner of...

Just Enough

You've probably prayed for God to keep you from having too little money. But have you ever asked God to keep you from having too much money? In Proverbs 30:7-9, a man named Agur prays for just enough. He asks God to give him enough, to give him his set portion for...

God’s Word

Words are used to express ideas, thoughts, commands. Words help us to perceive and understand what a person is trying to express to us. In John 1, Jesus is called the Word. At different points through is life, Jesus said that He was the way to God, and the way to see...

Expect When There Is Nothing

Sometimes we know God will give us something, but we don't see it yet. But faith is what trusts that God will deliver, that He will bring to pass. Sometimes you need to prepare for the blessing before you get it. Get ready. Make room for it. Sometimes you need to...

Living with a Vision

Last night in church was our last lesson in the series on Nehemiah. Nehemiah had a vision for God's people in Jerusalem, and God blessed him to pursue it. But by the end of the book, everything that Nehemiah worked so hard to do was completely undone. These are my...

Trust Without a Miracle

Sometimes when things are going badly, we ask God for a miracle. We ask Him to intervene directly and heal or remove something. But what do you do when you don't get the miracle you wanted? What if God says no? What do you do when there is no miracle? In church...