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Thankful for Salvation
As I was praying in bed this morning, I was taking a little more time to thank God than usual. I thanked Him for everything that came to mind, big things and little things. As I prayed I realized that all the things I was thanking Him for were things that I don't...
God’s Feelings
In The One Year Hearing His Voice Devotional by Chris Tiegreen, I read the other day about our feelings connecting us with God. The Sunday School lesson yesterday added to what I'd found. God is not a detached, impassive being. He has emotions and feelings, and gave...
Trusting God with Others
In the sermon last Sunday evening one of our young men preached. He talked about when God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis 22:1-18), and how Abraham had to trust God not with his own life this time, but with his son's life. He pointed out that parents...
Living Like a Fool
The sermon yesterday morning prompted this post. In Psalm 14:1 we see that the fool says in his heart that there is no God. We find this verse quite easy to apply to atheists, but how many times have we Christians behaved and made decisions as if there is no God? We...
Charity
Sometimes my dad and I get to talking about charity and how helping others should be done by individuals. Not that charity organizations are bad, but when helping people becomes something that others do without your help, we tend to stop helping altogether. The word...
Mind Your Attacks
As Christians we are in a spiritual war. But sometimes we forget who the real enemy is and we start attacking the humans that God has called us to love and invite to His side. Sometimes Christians, or people who merely say they are, berate people for having sin in...