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Two Green Lights - and doing what needs to be done
Two green lights. Two tiny green lights on the dishwasher shine like high-beams screaming at me, “I’m done! You can unload me now!” Sometimes, I really dislike those two tiny green lights. I pretend…
Created over 1 year ago
Nehemiah 2:1 (NIV84), Nehemiah 2:2 (NIV84), Nehemiah 2:3 (NIV84), Nehemiah 2:4 (NIV84), Nehemiah 2:5 (NIV84)
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One step at a Time....
When I read scripture, I often forget that I know the ending to the stories I’m reading. I know that God keeps his promise and helps Moses get the Israelites out of Egypt. Yet, as I’ve been reading through…
Created over 2 years ago
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I'm Thirsty...
http://www.last.fm/music/Kutless/_/All+Who+Are+Thirsty (http://www.last.fm/music/Kutless/_/All+Who+Are+Thirsty) Why does it take me so long to figure out that I'm dehydrated and in need of Living Water?…
Created almost 3 years ago
Isaiah 55:1 (NIV84), Isaiah 55:2 (NIV84), Isaiah 55:3 (NIV84), Isaiah 55:6 (NIV84)
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Pauls' Life in One Sentence.
For some reason, I just love these verses. I think it has something to do with the completion of vision. Paul takes on the charge to bring the gospel to the Gentile population in Asia Minor. There are…
Created about 3 years ago
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Why?
Now I've studies Biblical genre. I know that these are principles by which to live not promises to be taken literally. But why do so many of us live completely opposite of the truths found in these verses…
Created about 3 years ago
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seriously.
This is as cinematic as a blockbuster action flick! In no wonder that the Israelites ran for cover. This is NO JOKE! Wow.
Created about 3 years ago
Numbers 16:30 (ASV), Numbers 16:31 (ASV), Numbers 16:32 (ASV), Numbers 16:33 (ASV), Numbers 16:34 (ASV)
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the cloud and the fire
Wouldn't it be nice to have the cloud and the fire to guide our steps? But then again, where is the adventure in that?! And so we trust and take steps, one foot in front of the other, as we listen to…
Created about 3 years ago
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too easy.
I just got back from Costco. WOW! Did I ever want to gorge on STUFF. TVs, dSLRs, designer jeans, and loads of gourmet foods. I wanted everything. It was sick... but it's too easy to hit a mall or a store…
Created about 3 years ago
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just imagine.
I can't imagine being a Jew and hearing Jesus say this. He has outted himself as the Messiah and basically has thrown down the gauntlet. I can just see everyone in the room with jaws dropped and stunned…
Created about 3 years ago
Luke 4:15 (ASV), Luke 4:16 (ASV), Luke 4:17 (ASV), Luke 4:18 (ASV), Luke 4:19 (ASV), Luke 4:20 (ASV), Luke 4:21 (ASV)
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Make a list...
Today - make a list of everything that you're thankful for. As it happens if you can, just jot down each moment. At the end of the day, you'll have plenty of material to bring before God in thanksgiving.…
Created over 3 years ago
Psalm 95:1 (ASV), Psalm 95:2 (ASV), Psalm 95:3 (ASV), Psalm 95:4 (ASV), Psalm 95:5 (ASV), Psalm 95:6 (ASV), Psalm 95:7 (ASV)
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3 piece suits...
Is this passage why I had to wear 3 piece suits every time I stepped foot in Sunday School as a child?! Seriously, this is some outfit... and the consequence for not getting right... yowza!
Created over 3 years ago
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Hardest thing ever.
This is following Jesus at its core. This is what it takes. This can't be faked or taken lightly. This is gut level and serious. Following Jesus, if we REALLY want to follow and BE the hands and feet…
Created over 3 years ago
Mark 8:34 (ASV), Mark 8:35 (ASV), Mark 8:36 (ASV), Mark 8:37 (ASV)
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worship songs?
Yeah.... I want someone to write a modern worship song with those lines. "They sleep their last sleep." Doesn't it make you wonder the melody line? It like something that would come from TOOL or NIN not…
Created over 3 years ago
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law = crazy.
As I read through this list of ifs, ands, and buts I keep thinking to myself, how would anyone EVER be able to remember these, let alone actually follow through on the covenant to keep them. Makes me…
Created over 3 years ago
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Jesus' street cred.
Even in ministry so many of us can be accused of name dropping or surrounding ourselves with the right people to show the other people that we're important. We try and leverage our own ministries by our…
Created over 3 years ago
Mark 2:13 (ASV), Mark 2:14 (ASV), Mark 2:15 (ASV), Mark 2:16 (ASV), Mark 2:17 (ASV)
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DANG!
OK, seriously? Has anyone prayed a prayer like this recently? This is the sort of thing that gets me confused with God. In the US, a song like this would get a Parental Advisory sticker on it. Yet, here…
Created over 3 years ago
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stop making excuses; get to work
Exodus 4.1 “Moses answered, “What if…” A few weekends ago, I taught on this passage to 4/5th graders. We were studying Resourcefulness as our Big Idea for the month. The bottom line was "God will give…
Created over 3 years ago
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Perspective
"It was not you who sent me here, but God..." I wish I knew what God was doing with my life when life isn’t going my way. I’m sure Joseph didn’t when he was sold into slavery, accused of something he…
Created over 3 years ago
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wait in hope.
Waiting isn't fun, in fact sometimes it outright stinks. I love how the song writer decides to wait. He waits with hope and rejoices in God. We're in the middle of a season of waiting with an unknown…
Created over 3 years ago
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ministry on my terms?
Reading this tonight, I just realized that the feeding of the 5000 came right after Jesus’ cousin was beheaded. Jesus was trying to escape and most likely morn his cousin’s death and crowds follow him.…
Created over 3 years ago
Matthew 14:13 (ASV), Matthew 14:14 (ASV), Matthew 14:15 (ASV), Matthew 14:16 (ASV), Matthew 14:17 (ASV), Matthew 14:18 (ASV), Matthew 14:19 (ASV), Matthew 14:20 (ASV), Matthew 14:21 (ASV)
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faith.
I'm not sure I could do this. Ever since having my son, I see his face every time I read this story. I've seen him question little things I ask him to do that he doesn't want to - head to the doctor for…
Created over 3 years ago
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Out of the Question... Into the Mystery (Leonard Sweet)
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Question-Into-Mystery-Getting-Relationship/dp/1578566479 (http://www.amazon.com/Out-Question-Into-Mystery-Getting-Relationship/dp/1578566479) If you haven't had a chance to…
Created over 3 years ago
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Keith Green - Psalm 23
http://www.last.fm/music/Keith+Green/_/The+Lord+is+My+Shepherd+(23rd+Psalm) (http://www.last.fm/music/Keith+Green/_/The+Lord+is+My+Shepherd+(23rd+Psalm)) This is a classic version of this psalm set…
Created over 3 years ago
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love people.
I just ask myself are my priorities like Jesus'? I don't consider myself a Pharisee by any means, but working in church programming I can get so caught up in show that I miss out on the people. I think…
Created over 3 years ago
Matthew 12:6 (ASV), Matthew 12:7 (ASV), Matthew 12:10 (ASV), Matthew 12:11 (ASV), Matthew 12:12 (ASV)
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distrubing and gracious
This has got to be one of the most disturbing chapters in the Bible... gang rape, heartless father, really desperate daughters... we are so fallen and in such need of Jesus. Yet in the midst of the disturbing…
Created over 3 years ago
Genesis 19:5 (ASV), Genesis 19:8 (ASV), Genesis 19:13 (ASV), Genesis 19:15 (ASV), Genesis 19:29 (ASV), Genesis 19:35 (ASV)
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