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Heart Check (Tuesday)

  A quick history of the three kings: (from 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Kings)   : Saul hid when it was time to be declared king, usurped the role of priest, was subject to mood swings and obsessed with … Continue reading

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Heart Check

Luke 10:27 (NIV) Love the Lord your God with all your heart . . .   So do you?   Most of the time (with occasional lapses) “Half-hearted” would be more accurate My heart’s not in it, truth be told … Continue reading

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Preach & Reach (Friday)

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Preach & Reach (Thursday)

  Back to the Annual Session of the American Baptist Churches of NJ: Ann Borquist, missionary to Brazil, urged us to think GLOCALLY (global+local)–   Lord, I pray for the safety of street kids in places like Russia, Brazil and … Continue reading

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Preach & Reach (Wednesday)

“I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth … Continue reading

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Preach & Reach

. Mark 16:15 (NIV) Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.   All the world, all creation. So what is it about “all” that we don’t understand?

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Preach & Reach

    I admire a preacher who can throw out a simple phrase that sticks long after. Some of my personal favorites:   The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post God doesn’t call us to succeed; He calls … Continue reading

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God Has a Sense of Humor (Friday)

Smile at cloud ponies that race across the sky and morph into snowmen. Chuckle at the stick that sprouts legs and ambles over fallen leaves. Laugh out loud at a bubble-blowing baby face.     Humor surrounds us and breaks … Continue reading

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God Has a Sense of Humor (Thursday)

  From Billy Sunday (an orphan who left professional baseball to become an itinerant preacher):     “God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot — and some of you … Continue reading

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God Has a Sense of Humor (Wednesday)

  I stand by the fence watching the giraffes nibbling from tree branches. They are awkwardly graceful. Creator God, what were you thinking?   I sense Jesus leaning against the fence and laughing, Aren’t they great!

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