Tag: jesus
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A Valentines Life
“What did the one watermelon say to the other on Valentine’s Day? You’re one in a melon.” “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”…
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Who Am I?
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 NIV I found myself yesterday in a situation that I never thought I would be in during this short life. I was at a Chik-fil-a sitting…
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The Gift of Gratitude
“I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.” Psalm 9:1 I wake this morning to a need for gratitude. There are things pressing in and pressing down on me this morning. Things that if I let them, will remove the lens of gratitude that…
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Reflection Matters
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24 This poem is so good and on point. Choosing good habits…
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Ready?
There was a song written in 1969 whose words and message resonate with me more and more the older I get. The song was titled “I Wish We’d All Been Ready” and the message was about the rapture, when those of us who have surrendered our lives to Jesus will be removed from earth in…
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Assume Your Royal Role
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 ESV I was reading about Princeton William taking care of his children while his wife Kate recovered from surgery. In the article Prince William…
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Six Months
“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.” Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV You’ve been gone from this World six months, today. I had you 59 years and the past 6 months seem the…
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Make Today Count
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 What if someone…
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Isolated but Not Alone
“Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.” John 6:15 ESV “Do you have any friends?” I remember those haunting words from a mentor of mine when I was transitioning from leading one company to starting another. His…
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Reject the Fear of Rejection
“But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.” And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” Matthew 13:57-58. NIV What if Jesus would have allowed the life limiting views of the people of his hometown, Nazareth,…
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