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Virus? (Tuesday)

  The church is a clinic for hurting souls and spirits. We must welcome them into our fellowship and carefully care for them. But how do we minister to hurting people without being infected by what ails them?   Healthcare workers caring … Continue reading

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Virus?

  The Ebola virus dominated the news last week. What do you think?     Doesn’t affect me, I don’t care An ounce of prevention . . . Be afraid, be very afraid   Remember that you are spirit, soul … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair! (Friday)

    It isn’t unusual for me to prayerfully whine, “It’s not fair!” (usually when I’m sick, or short on cash, or jealous).     God: You never complain when circumstances fall out to your advantage. There’s no protest when someone … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair! (Thursday)

  Ponder this from Thomas Watson, Puritan preacher from the mid 1600s:     “God intermixeth mercy with affliction: he steeps his sword of justice in the oil of mercy . . .  In the ark there was a rod … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair! (Wednesday)

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It’s Not Fair (Tuesday)

  Remember the parable of the workers in the vineyard:     Matthew 20:13,15 But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? . . . Or … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair!

  We hear a lot about what’s fair:     It’s only fair that rich people pay more taxes It’s not fair that she gets money for doing nothing He’s so lucky, it’s not fair that he gets all the … Continue reading

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Heart Check (Friday)

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Heart Check (Thursday)

From Blaise Pascal, mid-1600s: “There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know … Continue reading

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Heart Check (Wednesday)

Confession: I have a consistency problem when it comes to whole-heartedness. It’s a daily (hourly?) problem.     Nobody even listened my idea, Lord. I’m soooo frustrated! (it’s all about me — no heart) Oh, Lord God, you don’t seriously expect me … Continue reading

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