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, He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds, (Psalm 147:3). It took a few minutes for the pieces of the live picture to come together in my head. On the right shoulder of I26 was a white service truck. Next to the truck stood, assumingly, the driver of that truck. Directly across three lanes of traffic up against the concrete median sat what a...
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Dear Faith Family, Remember therefore from where you have fallen, (Revelation 2:5). You guys ever forget? You know, an appointment? Your keys? Your umbrella? Where you parked your car? How about an anniversary? What's that about? Like do we just get distracted? Does something else become more important (tyranny of the urgent)? A couple of weeks ago it was off to the woo...
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Dear Faith Family, And He told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart, (Luke 18:18). It was once upon a Christmastime. My sweet wife was busy turning ribbons into bows. See, a friend of hers had a poinsettias farm. And Cyndi was hired to make bows for the poinsettias. It looked easy enough. You're with me, right? Opportunity made i...
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Dear Faith Family, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest, (Psalm 22:1-2). For the exhausted parents of toddlers at the end of the day, maybe. For the introvert, maybe. For the neighbor of a yappy dog, maybe. For the chef wh...
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