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Watch, Wait, Work – Until the End Comes

One time, I had to leave the room to help another teacher with technical problems. While the teacher next door was able to listen for problems in my classroom for me, I was still concerned. When I finished my work and came back to the classroom, I noted my neighbor in my classroom. I groaned, but before I could ask what was wrong, she pointed at our assistant principal who had chosen that moment to do an unplanned walk through observation of my classroom. I think it’s safe to say that I died inside. I explained quickly why I wasn’t in the room and his comment made my day. “I wasn’t here to observe you, Mr. James, I was here to see how engaged your students were. They were doing a great job when I came in the classroom.”  Continue reading

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Abide in Him – 1 John 2:15-29

15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the … Continue reading

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November 27 – A Call to Remember the Poor (All Year Long)

Galatians 2; Jeremiah 49-50; Psalm 143 “They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.” (Galatians 2:10 NKJV)  It’s interesting when we see different understandings of the same event. It … Continue reading

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November 3 – Using God’s Resources to Care for Others

1 Timothy 5:1-22; Jeremiah 1-2; Psalm 119:145-176 “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” (1 Timothy 5:8 NKJV)  The early … Continue reading

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September 30 – How Do I Get Through This?

Jude 1; Ezra 9-10; Psalm 95 “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal … Continue reading

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September 29 – Walking in the Truth

3 John 1; Ezra 7-8; Psalm 94 “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” (3 John 4) By the time he wrote this, John was old. He saw the church and the followers … Continue reading

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September 24 – Resurrection, Father, Son, and Eternal Life

1 John 2; 2 Chronicles 35; Psalm 89:38-52 “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.” (1 John2:23 NKJV) There’s an exclusivity to Christianity that grates on people in … Continue reading

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September 16 -Do Your Own Job

John 18:1-18; 2 Chronicles 26; Psalm 83 “And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, ‘It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to … Continue reading

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August 16 – What Can You Bring to God?

John 2; 1 Chronicles 10-11; Zechariah1 “And he said to him, ‘Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!’” (John … Continue reading

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March 30 – Finding and Following Godly Leaders

Matthew 24:1-31; Numbers 25-27; Song of Solomon 6:4-8:4 “Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, who may go out before them and go … Continue reading

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