You in Christ

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

Christ is in you. But there’s more. 
You are in Christ.

Christ in you. You in Christ.
At the same time, all the time.

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Christ in Others

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

Christ in me — this I know.
Christ in others — this I pray.

Put names to these circles and ask God to make it so.

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Christ in You

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

The circle represents you.
The cross represents Christ.

Jesus – in your heart. He goes where you go.

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Imagine the Sanctuary

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

Imagine. And make it your prayer.

Now, look carefully at your imaginary picture.

Where are you?

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Back in the Sanctuary

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

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 some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

 

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My Turn for Rest

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

 

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.

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Let Freedom Ring!

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

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 spiritual freedom — freedom in Christ — ring.

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Be a Tree

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

Planted by God . . .

                                                     pleasing to God.

Makes a good prayer for myself — and you.
And everyone else we know and love.

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Seeds and Trees

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

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 weed. I want to be a big old tree, planted by God, a testimony to His power.

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Leave the Weeds

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Shirlee Abbott

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 no harm. The trick is knowing when.

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