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What Say You?

    Imagine this scene played out in heaven:   Satan shouts out his accusations. Revelation 12:10 (CEV) Satan accused our people in the presence of God day and night. Jesus intercedes. Romans 8:33-34 If God says his chosen ones … Continue reading

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Accused!

    What’s your reaction when you are accused of misbehavior?   Quick! Blame the other guy Am I guilty? Then apologize Pray! You’ve been accused, and you may not even know it. Revelation 12:10 (CEV) Satan accused our people … Continue reading

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Christ’s Comfort Zone

  If Christ had stayed in his comfort zone, he would have never left heaven to become the helpless babe in the manger and the suffering Savior on the cross.   Philippians 2:6-8 (NIV) Who, being in very nature God,     did … Continue reading

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Make a Change

  “Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.” Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969)     Which describes you–endure, profit or cause?

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Outside My Comfort Zone

A meeting opened with prayer, and I had a problem: the person praying did so in his native language. I impatiently crossed my arms and tapped my toe (spiritually, not literally), waiting for the real action to begin.    I … Continue reading

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Eternal Change

Worship isn’t about our level of comfort. Worship is about God. We tend to think that “our way” is the way God likes best. But whenever the focus of my worship drifts to me instead of God, it ceases to … Continue reading

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In the Zone

  Change is uncomfortable. How do you react?     Bring it on! I’ll meet it halfway I dig in my heels and resist A very wise woman I know explained that when it comes to worship, people want to … Continue reading

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Snow Season

Here in North Jersey, many people long for a snowless winter. I tell them that I like snow (in modest amounts), and that I wouldn’t want to live where there was no snow. I would miss the quiet transforming beauty … Continue reading

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Snow’s Song

“This is my Father’s world,   and to my listening ears   all nature sings, and round me rings   the music of the spheres.” Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901)   “All nature sings.” I wonder . . . does each … Continue reading

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Snow Day!

  It snowed last Saturday. Serious snow, snow that shut us in for the day.     Most years, we get one or two snow days like that. A few years ago, I decided to count such a day as … Continue reading

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