Plane Faith
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 As the fifth of six children my experience with vacations as a child was limited. We went on one every year…
Read MoreA Good Book
A Good Book Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 At the end of a Sunday School class a couple of weeks ago a friend came over to talk to me. She is a librarian and often hears about books…
Read MoreThe “Hard” Lie
But He (Jesus) said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.” There are many little euphemisms that we use to describe what God does in and for us. “If God brings you to it He will bring you through it.” “What God ordains He will underwrite.” “God enables whom He calls.” In…
Read MoreFirmly Rooted
…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith–that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness…
Read MoreIn the Nick of Time
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Last week I…
Read MoreOut of Control
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 I am one of them. I wasn’t always like this but I find that the more I practice being this way, the more I like it. What…
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