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Growing in Humility

Last night at the Wednesday night service we talked about humility. In preparation, I ran across a list of 5 ways to grow in humility by a former archbishop named Michael Ramsey. I am paraphrasing them here just in case anyone is interested: Thank God often and always – thank God carefully and wonderingly, for your continuing privileges and for every experience…

Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness

Hey Guys, “Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” 1 Timothy 4:7 (NASB). As Christ followers, we hear a lot about spiritual disciplines. These include prayer time – alone and together, Bible reading, worship, etc.. Don Whitney, professor at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville says, “Rightly practiced, the spiritual disciplines take us deeper into the glories of the gospel of Jesus Christ,…

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Years ago when I was in the midst of heart wrenching grief, I read C.S. Lewis’ words, “I never knew grief felt so much like fear,” and immediately identified with his statement. That was exactly the feeling I was having – full blown fear! From a multitude of butterflies in the stomach to nauseating anxiety that I would not be able to…

Love is not irritable…

I was reading an article this morning entitled, “Love and Conduct” by George Sweeting, based on the definition of love found in 1 Corinthians 13. I would love to share the entire article with you because it all spoke to me, but there was one point as I was reading where I thought, “Whoa! Ouch!” It’s when he gets to the “Love…

Do you know where your Bible is?

Driving to the church this morning I was listening to Christian radio and Tony Evans was preaching on prayer, saying that unless our prayer life is based on the knowledge of God that comes from the Word of God, we are chattering mindlessly. Those weren’t his exact words but his meaning was clear. If we don’t know the Word of God, if we are…

He will sustain you…

At 6:51 this morning I received a text from a friend that simply had this Scripture from Isaiah 46:4: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” It was perfect timing. She had no…

Where does your help come from?

Psalm 121 says, “I lift my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?”  It’s as if the Psalmist is saying that he is looking for help, searching desperately the created world, but then he remembers something. He remembers – “My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” As I was reading this, along with a devotional that I…

Another Perspective

Hey Guys,   I was blessed to have had two mini vacations recently with my family. One was to Oak Island, North Carolina. While we were there, I spent some time on the beach with my family, playing bocce, Frisbee (in the wind), and eating lots of fresh seafood. I also was able to relax, read some new books on my Kindle,…

When life hurts…

Sometimes life is so unbearably painful and at the same time when we turn to Jesus, His words are so hard to hear.  We have been hurt grievously and feel like we are justified in nursing our pain and being angry at the one who caused it, and Jesus says, “Forgive.” Or maybe we’ve managed by His grace to forgive, but the…