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October 15 – Born to Worship
Revelation 15; Esther 6:14-8:17; Psalm 107:1-22 What’s the point of worship? Is it to have an experience. A lot of churches will talk about the “worship experience” that their church has that will lead you to new heights in your … Continue reading
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October 13 – Fool Me Once….
Revelation 13; Esther 3-4; Psalm 106:1-23 C.S. Lewis has a wonderful fantasy world called Narnia. In this world, which is an alternate reality where time moves in a different way from life on earth four children, two brothers and two … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate reality, Aslan, blind, C.S. Lewis, Caesar, Christ, Christians, dark, dwarves for the dwarves, fellowship, fooled, go along to get along, God's people, Grace, homage, Jesus, Jesus is Lord, John, Joy, Lamb, Lamb's book of life, light, love, mercy, Narnia, persecution, religious stuff, rule the world, stable, the beast, The Last Battle, two beasts, waging war, worship, worthy of worship
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October 5 – Let the Peoples Praise You!
Revelation 5; Nehemiah 7:5-8:12; Psalm 100 One of the sad truths throughout history is that people have hated others for being different. In the ancient days, our tribe was good, yours was bad. Warfare would spring up between tribes over … Continue reading
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Tagged cults, dignity, disputes, diverse, ethnic group, every tongue, every tribe, Gentile, hate, hate all but the right folks, heavenly choir, heavenly throne room, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jew, Kingdom, Lamb of God, language, love, middle eastern Jew, mongrel religion, National Brotherhood Week, nations, Nehemiah, open the seals, people, Pharisees, polyglot, prejudice, quality of people, rejoicing, Relationship with God, Romans, Saduccees, skin color, slain, slavery, special truth, take the scroll, Tom Lehrer, warfare, we are better, we are stronger, worship
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Rwanda Trip 2017 – Day 7
Sunday, June 18 We got to sleep in today. I was able to sleep until about 5:30. I thought about sleeping a little longer, but…oh yeah, the sunrise! So I got out of bed, found some coffee, and read my … Continue reading
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Rwanda Trip 2017 – Day 6
Saturday, June 17 We got to leave a little later today, the sun was beginning to peek over the mountains before we took off. We were short one team member who was sick, so the group presenting today had to … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee tea, devotional, Kigali, music, Rwanda 2017, Rwanda Trip, silliness, Teacher Conference, teacher training, worship
February 13 – Gadflies
Hebrews 9:23-10:18; Exodus 9:1-10:29; Proverbs 3 The world needs gadflies. No, not those annoying horsefly types; the world needs the gadflies on society that continually provoke and annoy the authorities so that they consider other points of view. Socrates was … Continue reading
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February 11 – Lazy…or Hopeless?
Hebrews 8; Exodus 5:1-6:27; Proverbs 1 Success has its privileges. People who are successful gain more power and prestige in the community. People respect those who have achieved success. The man or woman who is in business for themselves will … Continue reading
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January 19 – Creation and Redemption
Luke 14:25-35; Genesis 26; Psalm 19 Some actors have played some parts for so long that people know them by their character’s name more than their real name. For actors, it’s a mixed blessing. On the one hand, they’ve had … Continue reading
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January 2 – Cain and Abel: the Difference
Luke 6:1-26; Genesis 3-5; Psalm 2 Where does God come into play in your daily life? In these devotionals, you will note that the readings used are linked. I do that so that you can choose to use this time … Continue reading
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