Wear Out the Path

Our kids wore a path around the house when they were young. Sometimes they were just playing in the yard. Sometimes Gwen sent them outside to burn off energy with, “Go run around the house five times.” Sometimes there were competitions as to who could be the fastest. Regardless, this...

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Unlock the Door

Some days I don’t feel like praying. There I said it. And maybe my saying this out loud makes you feel less ashamed about the times you feel the same way. And there are many reasons why I might feel this way. Maybe I have sin in my life I...

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God is at work in new ways

Do you like change? I hope you do, because God is a God of change. Not that He changes, no, but that He desires change and works to bring about change. “But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.For I am about to do...

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Pray for those God brings to mind

“We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess. 1:2-3) Early on in our current Sunday morning sermon series...

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Praise, Perspective, and Promise

Meditating on Psalm 104 this morning, I saw three concepts that bring power to prayer: praise, perspective, and promise. This beautiful creation psalm recasts the Genesis account in poetic language. Verses 5-9 draw our attention to the creation of the earth, specifically. You set earth on a firm foundation    so that...

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