The Holiness of Christ

2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2
Do you ever look around as you come into church?  What do you see?  Do you see a building or do you see people?  Is the building done?  Are the people finished?  Do you see progress and changes being made or do you see only the things that need to be done?
When we look [...]

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Too busy…

In 20+ years of ministry, I cannot remember a stretch of time that has been as busy as the past 10 weeks has been.  What makes it more complicated is that with only a few exceptions, I cannot see what fruit all this busy-ness is producing.  I feel as if I am running from one programming event [...]

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Prayer for Pentecost

ALMIGHTY God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit; grant that by the same Spirit we may judge everything rightly and always rejoice in His holy strengthening and protection; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Savior, who lives and [...]

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The Pursuit of Holiness is Not An Option

1 Peter 1:13-16 
Peter begins this passage in his letter by saying that we are to prepare ourselves for action.
We don’t have the privilege of sitting around and waiting for things to happen to us.  We need to be active and take action in light of what God wants us to be.
We must learn to be [...]

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Sunday Prayer

Almighty Father, the King of glory, who exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven; we pray you not to leave us desolate, but to send your Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place to which our Savior has already gone; who lives and reigns with [...]

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Ascension Day Promises

I would guess that everyone of us has stood at the airport waving good by to someone we love as they flew off to wherever they were going in this big world.  We could have waved to our parents, to our children, to other family members or even to friends
I would also guess that standing [...]

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Ascension Day Prayer

ALMIGHTY Father and ever-living God, we truly believe that your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ has ascended into heaven; grant, we pray, that we may also in heart and mind ascend there, and continually dwell with him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

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Assurance or Deception

The apostle John writes his first letter to because he wants us, his readers, to know that we can have assurance of our salvation or we can be deceived concerning our salvation.  He writes his letter to show us the ways to see the difference between the two.  We need to know both the deceptions [...]

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Please Pray

Binky the Web-elf could use our prayers in the next several days.  His mother was killed in a tragic car accident this afternoon on both Mother’s Day and her birthday. I cannot fathom the anguish of the timing of this accident in their lives.
We cannot imagine the pain they are going through, but pray that [...]

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Sunday Prayer

O Lord, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by Thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.

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