Devotion
Being Like Him
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-212 (Devotional) BEING LIKE HIM by Peter Kennedy “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” – 1 John 3:2 Andrew […]
Quotes On Love
On love: “I have no respect for anyone who says they’ve given up, or that they’re not looking or that they’re tired. That is to abrogate one’s responsibility as a human being.” Harlan Ellison “A lover fears all that he believes.” Ovidio “A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it’s […]
Where Is God?
Yesterday I was sitting with a friend who tearfully told me this amazing story. Most of us will remember the news of Glynnis Nunn’s step daughter, Jodie Kearns, who died last week as a result of horrific injuries sustained in the Bali Bombing. Her regular watering hole was the Story Bridge Pub. After her death, […]
The Forgiveness Of Sins
Oh Christes blood hath such might, That being red, dies red sins white -John Donne “Happy are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered” (Psalm 32:1). ³I believe in the forgiveness of sins, ² the Apostle ¹s Creed affirms, as do I, for otherwise I would be mired in sorrow and self-recrimination. I sin every […]
Despite Bali, We Cannot Live In Fear
By: Bryan Patterson Nature, Mr is what we were put into this world to rise above — Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen THERE IS a Tibetan legend about a time on Earth when all life seems in peril. Terrorism, so the legend goes, is rife. Barbarian powers, with weapons of mass destruction, are trying […]
The Hiding Place
You are my hiding place; You always fill my heart With songs of deliverance; Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You… “Happy are those who take refuge in Him” (Psalm 2:12; 34:8) Albert Schweitzer was of the opinion that cats and music are the only refuge from the miseries of life. Some of […]
Please God, Make Us Victorious
By: Bryan Patterson We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last — Muhammad Ali DOES God really care who wins the football or cricket? Does he bless believers with victories? If you watch enough American sport on television, you may think so. Their football […]
Last Words
“I will not give you counsel, saying do this or do that. For not in doing, or in contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail, but only in knowing what was, or is, and in part also what shall be.” -J. R. R. Tolkien My brothers, if one of you […]
Are You A Pencil?
(Unknown Author) ““““““““““““` The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. “There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be. “ #1 […]
Haste That Wastes
You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased (Mark 1:11). Warm-up: Mark 1:9-12 There’s this fellow I know who’s always in a hurry. I’ve forgotten his name but I’ll never forget his pace. He’s involved in everything that goes on down at the church: He’s a chairman of committees, a […]
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