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Overflowing Hope

A middle age man was on a Caribbean cruise. On the first day out he noticed an attractive woman about his age who smiled at him in a friendly way as he passed her on the deck. That night he managed to get seated at the same table with her for dinner. As the...

Why Are You Going?

Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their...

Dependence Day

PSALM 121:1-8 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills– where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip– he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel...

The Mind of Holiness

You’ve heard the phrase, “He has a mind of his own.”  That can be a good thing if the person being referred to has made up his mind rightly about God and truth.  It can be a bad thing if the person being referred to has come to wrong and false and convictions and is...

Rowing or Growing?

I commend a great book to you.  It is Jon Ortberg’s, “If You Want to Walk on Water, You Have to Get Out of the Boat.”  I shared some thoughts from the book this past Wednesday and some of this morning’s ideas come from the book as well. Matthew 25:14-30 14...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Waiting

(I will sit in my spot for a minute or two before I move to the pulpit to make a point about what it is like to wait.) What did it feel like just now, when you were waiting for what you believed would happen and you had to wait?  Was there uneasiness?  Were there...