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Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott
Back in the Sanctuary
Some of us are still doing church in our PJ’s. Let’s think about getting up, getting dressed and getting back in the sanctuary. It’s what the Bible says. Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as … Continue reading
My Turn for Rest
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (ESV) Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. See you in ten days.
Let Freedom Ring!
Today is July 4th, America’s Independence Day. I will celebrate, but I won’t forget the true source of freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (ESV) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Let … Continue reading
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Be a Tree
Planted by God . . . pleasing to God. Makes a good prayer for … Continue reading
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Seeds and Trees
Big plants grow from small seeds. It is God’s way. Isaiah 61:3 (NIV) They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. I don’t want to be a seed or a … Continue reading
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Leave the Weeds
My favorite preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, offered this take on the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds: There are times to yank out the weeds, and there are times to leave them be — times when we should do … Continue reading
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Seeds and Weeds
Jesus followed the parable of the sower with the parable of the weeds. Matthew 13:24-26 (NIV) The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed … Continue reading
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Seeds and Me
Christ’s parable of the sower– It raises two questions: What kind of ground am I? Am I careful where I sow?
My Words
Teach me, O Lord, to watch my words. Teach me to ask, “What would Jesus say, text, type, think or treasure?” Teach me to do likewise.
Your Thoughts
Think this: Philippians 4:8 (ERV) Think about what is true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected. Not this: What is rumored, skeevy, wrong, nasty, ugly and rude. Think positive.