For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Rom 8:18 (if the video above doesn’t show up, click here) When sorrows like sea billows roll… Life is very...
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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James...
Read morePeace on Earth, Goodwill to Men
“Evil visited this community today.” – CT Gov. Malloy I don’t watch the evening news. Story after story of injustice, tragedy, and hurting people interrupted only by the weatherman is a depressing way to end the day...
Read moreUncomfortably Waiting for the King
Hosanna means “save now.” And this time of year, a lot of us feel that kind of desperation. Most of us know what it means to feel trapped, alone… hopeless. That’s a very hard place to be. If you’re there now...
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Our help is in the Name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 Yahweh, you are in our midst, we are called by your name. Do not desert us! O our God, you are our hope. – Jeremiah 14:9, 22 Have mercy on me, O God...
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I’ve heard a story I heard of an old woman who seemed older than her years, who spent her days watching TV in an old sweatsuit, drinking coffee and smoking cigarrettes, a harsh, bitter frown around her eyes and mouth. She’d once been...
Read moreMorning Prayer: The Lord is in His Holy Temple
The Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silent before Him. – Hab. 2:20 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. – Psalm 19:14 The...
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Dead Poets’ Society is one my all-time-favorite inspiring movies. Robin Williams plays John Keating, who teaches his students poetry and English literature at an all-boys private school in the 1950s. But he does more than educate, he...
Read moreYahweh Yireh – The Lord Provides
One of the most dramatic stories in the Bible to me is the story of Abraham. Here’s a guy from a fairly well-off family in modern-day Iraq. He’s comfortable. Happy. But God – as He often does – interrupts this comfort...
Read moreChrist: God's Provision for Us
As I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me, the power of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. May the eye of God look before me, the ear of God hear me, the word of God speak for me. May the hand of God protect me, the way of God...
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – James 1:17 Have you ever thought much on the idea of prayer? We’re here meditating...
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Come, let us sing to the Lord, let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to Him with psalms – Psalms 95:1-2 Early in the morning I cry out to you, for in your...
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