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  • Old School Fishing in a Modern Lake
         'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley

    I play a sport that a lot of people give up due to the frustration of playing it. That would be golf; a sport that has been known to leave strong men muttering to themselves under their breath and women talking like men. However, the sport that leaves me the most frustrated is the one that I stopped "enjoying" when I decided to take up golf. That would be fishing; of the "jerk on one end waiting for the jerk on the other end." I have basically been the jerk on one end. I don't know what it is that frustrates me so about it now. I guess the memories of the times that my…

  • The Word of God
         ''Winging It' from Stan Smith

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1-2) Have you ever wondered what it means when it says that Jesus "was the Word"? In what sense is He "the Word"? Some will tell you that the Bible isn't the "Word of God"; Jesus is. Others say that it's just that He spoke what God said to speak. Most won't argue that He couldn't be both "the Word of God" and "God" because, well, it specifies that He was both, but more than a few try to conflate "Jesus"…

  • Awiya the Hunter
         'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

    “…Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” - Matthew 19:21 Awiya was renowned as a great hunter. People far and wide talked of his exploits and craftiness. Being part pygmy, he stood barely five feet tall, but he did not rely on his strength or speed to catch his prey. He knew his quarry well and caught them by using their weaknesses. One day, he went into the jungle to catch a monkey. He went to a coconut tree and found a nut. Drilling two holes into the nut (one larger than the other)…

  • Mercy and not Sacrifice (Sept. 24, 2010)
         'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

    God determined the principle: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” (Matthew 9.13). This principle is as true today in the Christian Dispensation as it was in the two previous dispensations, the Patriarchal and Mosaical. God’s passionate desire to win man’s heart has never abated since the first sin of our forefathers and will remain just as fervent until the last tick of the clock shall have been heard. God, our beneficent Father, wants all men to experience repentance (2 Peter 3.9), a genuine change of our heart’s allegiance that places God in the…

  • How Great Is Your Need Today?
         'Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw

    Jesus and his men are on their way to Jerusalem. Jesus has decided and Jesus has decided that this is the hour. Luke 18 verse 35 – They make their way to Jericho, and a blind man – a beggar calls out – “Jesus, Son of David - have mercy on me.” Those who were leading……

  • The Servant Leader
         'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess

    Servant Leader Last week we talked about Jesus as the servant washing Peter’s feet in an act of servantship as well as cleansing and forgiveness. What of the servant as leader? In the 1990s Robert K. Greenleaf “discovered” the truth that “a leader is best experienced first as a servant” (Spears, 2004, p. 9). Jesus exhibited this axiom better than any other leader before or since He rose from the dead. While Spears does not bring out this biblical truth, he does point out ten of Greenleaf’s ideas about the characteristics of a good servant-leader,…

  • Perilous Times
         ''Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs

    There is a growing uneasiness in our world today. Even the Secretary General of the United Nations has said that "the world is falling apart". Satan is increasing conflicts in almost every arena of life; personal, public, worldwide. There has always been spurts, highs and lows, stair step levels of uneasiness - in our personal lives, in the church, in governments of the world. On a personal level, there is a kind of foreboding; a deep down feeling that somehow things are different, something is wrong, which cannot be identified or defined. Our world is changing so fast,…

  • Psalms 91:11
         'Voice of Inspiration' from Andy Castro

    'For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ' Psalm 91:11 AMP Earthquakes shake and shift the ground we walk on. If it's strong enough, the shaking and shifting will damage and destroy the buildings we've settled in. So, it is with God. He destroys the thoughts of comfort and complacency we enjoy under His protective sphere. At this moment in time, God is the earthquake. The time comes when the…

  • Seeing Another's Light
         'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

    No matter who you work with, marry, be-friend, date, parent, or live beside, sooner or later there’ll be personality traits which you don’t agree with, or find uncomfortable to be around. We’re all created differently, are an original masterpiece created by God, and like any living thing, there are no two of us exactly alike. It’s what makes the human race such an incredibly diverse body of souls. But, how we interact, and appreciate each others positive and negative qualities is more about our personality rather than the individuals inside our target zone. …

  • Bible and Quote - March 10-14
         'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns

    When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold. 2 Samuel 5:17 When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you, sinking sinner? This alone - I have a high priest in heaven, and he can support in the hour of affliction. Robert Murray M'Cheyne (The Philistines took a war stance) Then David prayed to God: ‘Shall I go up and fight the Philistines? Will you…

  • Grace
         'God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester

    His Grace Keeps Us “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope-the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ . . . .” Titus 2:11-12 (NIV) God’s grace for us gives us the strength to say, “No”, to the ways of the world. We try to not do things just because everyone else is doing it. His grace…

Daily Devotionals
Back in the late 80's I attended a seminar in which the leader asked a very interesting question. "If you know everything that other people know who are successful in their fields could you do their job?" He proceded to show us a number of examples which illustrated that even to the point of shoving a straw through a potatoe. He then demonstrated a very important truth.The word "try" should not be in our vocabulary. He set a chair in…
Daily Dose
Daily Toon
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 26:7 - Like the legs which are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Words to Ponder
The goodness of God is that which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of good will toward men. He is tenderhearted and of quick sympathy, and His unfailing attitude toward all moral beings is open, frank, and friendly. By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people. - A.W. Tozer (20th century)
'Daily Reading Plan' from StudyLight.org
Bible-in-a-Year — NAS
Numbers 22:41-23:26; Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1; Matthew 23:1-12:
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here." Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you." So he went to a bare hill. Now God met with Balaam,…
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