…your life has new meaning!
Ask fifty people to finish the statement "Live As If" and you are likely to get fifty different answers. For Christians it will mean something different than for non-Christians. Incorporated into the top graphic are the answers given by friends of mine. It is our desire that your answer will be different each time you visit.
Advice to Parents of Wayward Children, Part 7
The Way' from Kevin Pauley
“…Because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate. - Luke 15:24 HCSB The wise father knew that it was sinful, self-centered pride that led his son to ask for his inheritance early. He could have taken offense at being told… [read more]
The Love of the Truth (35 of TBD)
Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington
“And the multitudes marveled, saying, 'It was never seen like this in Israel!' But the Pharisees said, 'He [Jesus] casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.'” (Matthew 9.33-34). Matthew's obvious intent in some of his writings was to draw otherwise isolated facts into a summary form from… [read more]
Your Personal Inheritance
Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell
The word "inheritance" can mean so many different things. Most initially think about money, or material possessions after their parent(s) or close relatives die and pass their belongings along. However, it can also mean what religious, political, and socioeconomic status you… [read more]
Bible and Quote May 6-10, 2013
Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns
Originally posted May 17, 2013
I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me. Psalms 57:2 Faith is that act of our soul that turns away from our own insufficiency to the free and all-sufficient resources of God. John Piper, b. 1947 He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow… [read more]
When God Calls, How Will You Respond?
Point of Reference' from Fred Price
Originally posted May 17, 2013
Last week we briefly looked at the declarative statements of Jehovah and Jesus using the descriptive assertion – I Am. This week we’ll observe how that same self-descriptive phrase was often used by those responding to the call of “Come, follow me.” –… [read more]
Whatever is Pure...
God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester
Originally posted May 17, 2013
When people talk, how do they converse? Do they share needed information with others? Do they tell innocent jokes? Do others look forward to hearing from them? Or do they carry tales (gossip) about people? Do the tell jokes that cross the line into the area of being coarse? Do other people cringe when they open… [read more]
Humdrum
Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelly
Originally posted May 16, 2013
For the past several weeks I have not been contributing my column. Our congregation has been feverishly working to implement some programs and provide information for those programs. Much of that work has fallen to me. In order to be able to craft the programs, do the information brochures and newsletters, organize some… [read more]
He Who Has Ears
Winging It' from Stan Smith
Originally posted May 15, 2013
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Jesus concludes many of His parables with this somewhat amusing little comment. I mean, come on, how many people do not have ears? Now, the truth is we all know that Jesus is not referring to physical ears. Nor is He referring to the auditory reception of sound that… [read more]
Endurance
Word from Nairnshire' from Sandy Shaw
Originally posted May 14, 2013
One further area we consider in our search to become spiritually stronger and healthier, is that matter of perseverance. It means, constant persistence, or having the steadfast pursuit of an aim. If there is one thing we see in the lives of men like Moses, David, Isaiah and Jeremiah, it is perseverance, or endurance.… [read more]
One Main Task Is To Be Light In The Darkness
Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw
Originally posted May 13, 2013
As we come to Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 14, Jesus continues to teach – you are not only salt – you are the light of the world. The fruitful life is like a lamp. That seed which germinates and grows transforms that man into a lamp. The main purpose of a lamp is to shine - to… [read more]
The Law Of Grace
'Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs
Originally posted May 12, 2013
Is it Law, or is it Grace - Is it "grace only" or is it "law only"? Must it be one or the other, or - is it both? Law - God's law or laws, most would agree, show us God's very high standard. His law "leads us to Christ" (Galatians 3:24), who IS the Standard. Jesus is the purpose… [read more]
Captivate Them All
Next Level Thinking' from Andy Castro
Originally posted May 12, 2013
2 Corinthians10:5 AMP…and we lead every thought and purpose away captive… Next level thinking will cause you to check your every thought and take it captive until you clear it with a very high set of standards. This can be exhausting at times but very rewarding. Some things that change… [read more]
Dealing with difficult people
Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess
Originally posted May 12, 2013
God designed the human being as a fellowship-driven being. Our relationships with others determine our opinion of them. How we Christians interact with others is closely watched by God and by Satan, not to mention many who know we are Christian and judge us accordingly. If a person has an excellent work… [read more]
Morning / Evening Devotional — May 18
Daily Light on the Daily Path
As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
Our Saviour Jesus Christ, ... hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. — I am the resurrection, and the life. — Because I live, ye shall live also. — We are made partakers of Christ. — Partakers of the… — (click here to read more)
Losses Overcome
Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook"
"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten." Joel 2:25
Yes, those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will be some recompense for those years of unregeneracy over which we mourn in humble penitence.… — (click here to read more)
Morning and Evening for August 15
Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening"
"Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide."
- Genesis 24:63
Very admirable was his occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes, could learn wisdom, they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in meditation than…… — (click here to read more)
Signs Of The New Birth
Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest"
The answer to the question "How can a man he born when he is old?" is - When he is old enough to die - to die right out to his "rag rights," to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the life which never was there before. The new life manifests itself in conscious repentance…… — (click here to read more)
Saying Good-bye
Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life
It's almost that time again. The same time that rolls around this time of the year every year. It's alomst time to say good-bye to this year. Yep, sure nuff, it's New Year's Eve. Time to say good-bye to all the mistakes of 2004 and hello to all the opportunities in 2005...to make the same mistakes. Time to say…… — (click here to read more)
Moving toward maturity
'Every Day Light' with Selwyn Hughes
We continue meditating on the right way to handle our negative feelings. We said yesterday that the two wrong ways to handle hurting emotions are to deny them or express them. Denial pushes them down inside us, while expression dumps them on to other people or things. Neither of these, in my view, is a Biblical way of dealing…… — (click here to read more)
Woe
"Today's Word" with Skip Moen
Woe - In Hebrew the word is oy. It is a word of intense pain and fear. It is a shout of despair that only God can heal.
FEARS
I feared rejectionSo I withdrewI could not find what lovers knewI feared my demonsI tried to hideAnd found them waiting there inside
I feared my shameMy self exposedSo every…… — (click here to read more)
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