Where would we be without the encouragement of a friend? Friends help carry the load. Friends, real friends, listen and ask Jesus what He thinks. A friend who hears your heart cradles it, and lets a tear fall on it while you catch your breath. {A timely word} A friend tells you to turn your … Continue reading Please pass the encouragement …
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The Ministry of Smiling
Does anyone remember the ad campaign “Have a Coke and a Smile”? https://youtu.be/9fmZ1KJDzls?feature=shared Advertising works and for a while people were actually mimicking the commercial. We have a better ad campaign in the Good News of Christ Jesus. We humans are living our best life when we are mimicking Jesus’ example of living in community … Continue reading The Ministry of Smiling
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Everyone…
How many places do you frequent where EVERYONE is welcome? How often do you encounter the sense that EVERYONE has truly been invited? Is this statement in the Bible too good to be true? Paul, the Apostle, was the author of this letter to Roman Christians, and so it was Paul who penned these words, … Continue reading Everyone…
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Please and Thank You.
“Give us each day our daily bread.”Luke 11:3 NIV Please, Lord. Please, give us today the bread we need for living today. Please. And thank you. Probably the most life-changing and freeing paradigm shift in my brain has come about these last 15 years of living in the footprints of Jesus. Everything comes from God.Every. … Continue reading Please and Thank You.
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Purposeful Delay
{Flight delayed} There’s a purpose in timing. There’s a reason for every delay. These are truths, but many times these facts are not so easily digested when served. Frustration born out of inconvenience threatens to overtake God’s peace. Our calendars packed to the edges don’t allow for one scheduled item to become out of order … Continue reading Purposeful Delay
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Suntanned Feet Man “I like to walk barefoot.” Randy Brittain Everyone in our neighborhood wants to know why he walks barefoot. When we lived in Georgia our neighbors wanted to know why he walked barefoot. It’s a conversation starter for sure. And there are plenty of ways to answer that one question. He simply likes … Continue reading Page 11:
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Jesus Likes Realists
”So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”“John 11:14-16 … Continue reading Jesus Likes Realists
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