Devotion
Psalm 23 And Time
This was penned by Marcia K. Hornok. It is a reminder we need to read…and to read the opposite end of this suggested continuium…the original 23rd Psalm. But…do so slowly. 🙂 * * * * * * * Psalm 23…Antithesis The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest It makes me lie down only […]
Lord, Forgive
Christian Quotation of the Day November 10, 2000 Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 Lord, forgive — That I have dwelt too long on Golgotha, My wracked eyes fixed On Thy poor, tortured human form upon the cross, And have not seen The lilies in Thy dawn-sweet garden bend To anoint Thy […]
Psalm 23 From The Message
Psalm 23 from The Message…oh the blessing of the other end of our rushing, dashing, never-still kind of lives… Psalm 23… God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadown, You find me quiet pools to drink from. True to Your word, You let me catch my breath […]
Confession And God’s Pardon
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-224 CONFESSION AND GOD’S PARDON From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Your sins are forgiven. Mark 2:5. ‘Tremble with fear and stop sinning’ (Psalm 4:4). Authentic worship involves ‘diminishing one’s load of narcissism’ (self-worship). Gathered worship is a positive […]
Holier Now
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-249 (Devotional) HOLIER NOW! by Rod Koopmans We are familiar with the descriptive term “Holy” as it applies to this season of the year, especially the Holy Night and Holy Child. We also recall how the holy event occurred in the Holy Land, the message of the Holy Angels and the familiar […]
Persistence
To find God without having to be religious: http://www.actsweb.org/htbs1.htm [1] PERSPECTIVE AND PERSISTENCE “I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again” (Paul the Apostle, 2 Corinthians 11:26, NIV). At one point when Thomas Edison was persistently working to invent a workable […]
Vengeance
Christian Quotation of the Day November 14, 1998 Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796 Here you have the true reason why revenge or vengeance is not allowed to man: it is because vengeance can only work in the evil or disordered properties of fallen nature. But man, being himself a […]
The Surgeon’s Discovery
THE SURGEON ~ author unknown The surgeon sat beside the boy’s bed; the boy’s parents sat across from him. “Tomorrow morning,” the surgeon began, “I’ll open up your heart…” “You’ll find Jesus there,” the boy interrupted. The surgeon looked up, annoyed. “I’ll cut your heart open,” he continued, “to see how much damage has been […]
Right Gone Wrong
—————————————————————– ILLUSTRATION OF THE WEEK from PreachingToday.com —————————————————————– There are areas in our lives where in our effort to be right we may go wrong, so wrong as to lead to spiritual deformity. To be specific let me name a few: 1. When in our determination to be bold we become brazen. 2. When in […]
Exhilaration And Silence
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-231 From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! Zephaniah 3:14. When you were a child, and started making a noise, your parents […]
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