Whom Have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none upon the earth that I desire besides thee.

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Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.  John 6:29

It is by complete accident that I write this particular post on the biggest shopping day of the year, but it happens.  Have you ever watched the television show Cribs?   The show’s basic concept is to allow you a brief few minute tour through a “celebrity’s” house.  I am simply amazed at the shear number [...]

I use to hate those tee shirts that carried the ever popular messasge, “I know I am somebody because God does not make junk”.  A great phrase, but what about those people who feel like junk.  Some times in the midst of this life we do not feel all that special or even good about [...]

Are you driving around on empty?  Checked your fuel gauge lately?  In a sense we are not all that different from a  car; we need a fuel supply to continue running.  As the vehicle begins to run out fuel it will spit and sputter.  As our life runs out of purpose and hope we begin [...]

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But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.  Hebrews 11:6

I think sometimes we forget the importance of forgiving those who have done wrong to us.  We tend to forget that God forgave us for the horrible sins we committed, are committing, or will commit.
There are a lot of remarkable things about the story of Gianna Jessen.  If you don’t know her story, she is [...]

Raised to walk in newness of life…” That is the phrase that most immersion baptisms finish with.  Do you remember that when you were being baptized?  Did you think about what that meant as you were lifted out of the water and symbolically you were a new life?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism [...]

The world around us is full of people from all walks of life, poor, rich, middle class, strong, weak, healthy, and unhealthy.  It’s so easy to go around and just ignore those around us, I have done it, walk right past someone and give little care to the plight of that individual.
I think this idea [...]

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Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah 26:3

Oh my, it is almost Sunday and that means it is time to go to church again.  Another weekend of getting up early, getting dressed in nice clothes, and having to listen to the preacher drone on again.  Being

honest  with ourselves we have probably all felt this way at some point when Sunday rolls around.  [...]

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