‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’ I Samuel 3:9 Samuel was a young man in the service of God when God selected him to be the next judge of Israel and the “king maker”. But before he would be any good to God he had to listen. Once he did this he was ready...
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Confession is good for the soul, they say. If it’s so good, how come nobody does it? I’ve heard a lot of confessions made at church over the years. Most of them go something like this: “I’ve not been the Christian I should be. I’ve struggled and let folks down. Please pray for me.”...
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“If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:15 James is a practical man as he writes his book. If you want to get some practical advice for your daily living, read this little book. In the paragraph that contains the above verse, James has talked about making plans...
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You alone are the LORD. Nehemiah 9:6 Our understanding of God governs everything else about our lives. What we do on Sunday. What we do on Monday-Saturday. How we work at our job. How we treat our neighbor. Where we spend our money. What activities we choose to participate in. Nehemiah came back to...
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At our last Fellowship Meal, we took a few minutes to honor the kids who worked so hard in Bible Bowl 2009. Everyone took home a special “Bible Bowl News” paper, and heard recaps of scores and awards. What you might not have heard, was that our kids entered the Sweet 16 in 3rd...
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Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men. Ephesians 6:7 If you want to study one of the great characters of the Bible you only have to go to a man by the name of Caleb. He was that other spy that came back from the first trip to Canaan and...
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