Devotion
Easter
Cleaning Up the Mess We Make of God’s World (An Easter message from the Moderator of the New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia, the Rev. Dr David Manton) The other day I was having a cup of coffee and some fun doing a simple crossword as quickly as I could, and […]
Prayer: Testing God
Read: Psalm 145 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. -Psalm 145:18 Margaret watched as her mother prayed for the help her poor family desperately needed. Despite those prayers, the family’s poverty remained. Margaret concluded that prayer does no good. Now, decades later, Margaret is an atheist. “It seemed to me that […]
Your New Skipper
We are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh–for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die (Romans 8:12, 13). When I was in the Navy, we called the captain of our ship “the Old Man.” Our Old Man was tough and crusty and nobody liked him. […]
The Meaning Of Life
What is meaning of life? Life is meaningful because someone loves you. Without your life, that person would not have that opportunity to love. Life is to have joy and serve. Albert Schweitzer once told a graduating class, “I do not know hwere all of you are going or what you will do, but let […]
And Then What?
The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican […]
Giving Your Life
Read: Galatians 6:7-14 God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. -Galatians 6:14 A woman rushed up to violinist Fritz Kreisler after a concert and gushed, “Oh, I would give my life to play […]
The Dignity Of Each Day
How would you like to have a dollar for each time you have sung, “This is the day that the Lord has made…”? You could probably retire with a beach house, a convertible and a healthy parcel of shares. Hopefully there will also have been some high level rejoicing and gladness (if the actual words […]
Overcoming The Evil One
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one (1 John 2:14). First John 2:12-14 describes three levels of Christian growth in […]
Gethsemane
Foxes have holes, and birds (their Maker said) Have nests, but I nowhere to lay my head. Our greater Jacob, hunted and alone, He made his pillows of the granite stone. So sepulchred, he saw a glory rise Stair upon stair above his darkened eyes; Angels trod up and down the slanting beam. With dawn […]
“We Will Be Like Him!”
Read: Acts 2:22-36 The Lord Jesus Christ…will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to his glorious body. -Phil. 3:20-36 One fall my grandsons gathered cocoons they found in a swamp. The boys hung the dry, unattractive, and motionless objects in a cool place for the winter. The following spring they moved the […]
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