For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure, (Philippians 2:13)...
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:5....
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing, (John 15:5)....
Dear Faith Family, Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him, (Ephesians 4:1). It was 35 years ago! Really?! Can't be! It was. There in front of God and His people, she said it! There in a church sanctuary in a quiet little town in southern Arkansas, she said it! What did she say? She said, "I do"! She ...
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Dear Faith Family, So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them, (Genesis 1:27). I still remember one of my teenaged sons fresh home from a haircut. He stepped into the half bathroom downstairs in our house. There the reflection in the mirror overwhelmed him. I was just around the corner in the kitchen when I he...
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Dear Faith Family, He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! (Romans 10:1). Sitting at my desk, I'm looking at a cup that I meant to take home from the office on Monday. Tuesday morning it was still here at the office greeting me with a smile. You forgot! So, yesterday I moved it from the desk to the floor where I would b...
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Dear Faith Family, Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved, (Romans 10:1). When I arrived at Faith I inherited the "Rally Monkey". He was a medium sized monkey that kept showing up in odd places. He even traveled incognito with the youth group on a trip to Florida. Here's the thing, wherever the monkey went, he was just there. Tha...
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Dear Faith Family, Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, (Colossians 4:2). Let's flip through the photo album of God's Word. Can I point out three pictures in the album? Picture number one: And the two became one. And then there were four. The four became six. And then there were three! Elimelech and Naomi married. They had two sons, M...
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