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August 3, 2020
A husband picked up a call from his wife. “Michael got his first tooth and took his first step!” she excitedly told him. “That’s so great!” he answered. “No, there’s more,” continued the wife. "He also had his first fall and cut his lip, and when he did, he said his first bad word!"
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Two brothers are scuffling in a disagreement. Down on the floor they tumble, fists flailing. Soon enough, the older brother manages to end up on top of the younger brother, who wails, “You’re not the boss of me!” And, it’s true. Mom or Dad is the real boss. Hopefully we have long ago abandoned tussles with our siblings, but how often do we wrestle over the right of God to rule in our lives?
July 31, 2020
Some men find it difficult to say, "I love you," but in Bert Salva's case, what was tough was getting Mary Shiminsky‑‑the object of his affection‑‑to really believe him. For almost four years Bert courted Mary but didn't get anywhere. Actually, what he got was a clear message, "Get lost, Buddy, I never want to see you again." To make the message more explicit, Mary changed her phone number, and moved in with her parents who live in an isolated area and left no forwarding address.
July 30, 2020
In many places of the world, it’s not easy being a Christian. A 2016 Pew Research Center study revealed that 83 percent of the world’s population lived in countries with high or very high religious restrictions, with Christians facing the most widespread religious restriction. Open Doors, a ministry to the persecuted Church, estimates that 260 million Christians live in places where they experience high levels of persecution.
July 29, 2020
When Moses wrote the genealogies of our first fathers, he came to the sixth generation from Adam and recorded a curious and stunning entry. He says simply, “Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away” (Genesis 5:24). So what happened? One old preacher explained it like this: as Enoch and God walked together, along towards evening they were a long way from home and God said, “Enoch, it’s closer to my home than yours. Why don’t you just go home with me?”
July 28, 2020
"Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask," said the venerable Billy Graham. How often do we go plodding on, sometimes blundering, getting ourselves into situations which turn into nightmares because we never bother to stop long enough and say, "God, what do you want me to do? Is this your will, or does it simply look pretty good to me?" Answers to prayers that were never prayed could have saved you all kinds of headaches.
July 27, 2020
Be kind and rewind. Did you ever see that phrase on the label of an old VHS videotape cassette? It was a request for a simple act, asking the viewer to show kindness by rewinding the tape at the end of watching a movie so that the next person wouldn’t have to. Simply think of the next guy, was the idea.
July 24, 2020
One of the weaknesses in popular Christianity today is the overemphasis on God’s love and an under emphasis on obedience to what He expects of those who follow Him. "If you love me, you will obey what I command,” Jesus told His disciples (John 14:15). Love and obedience are not antithetical to each other. To the contrary, obedience—without hesitation—is the result of unconditional love.
July 23, 2020
Look up the word sovereign and you are apt to find a definition such as this: “Sovereign: A British coin. See Pound Sterling.” The definition continues, “The name sovereign was first applied to kings. Everyone in a kingdom was a subject of the king. The king himself was usually sovereign, which means subject to no one.”
July 22, 2020
Dark nights of the soul, when you question what you believe to be true, are nothing new to those who walk the pilgrim pathway; however, sometimes when those whom we put on pedestals or look up to acknowledge their doubts and fears, we are shocked, criticize them or rationalize the depths of their anguish.
July 21, 2020
“I love you, you’re perfect, now change” is the name of a humorous play which is a kind of parody on how we often fall madly in love with someone, think the person is just wonderful, and then strive to remake him or her. Sometimes we nag. Sometimes we cajole, sometimes we manipulate, sometimes we threaten. But it just doesn’t work. It’s a lot like teaching a pig to sing: it annoys the pig and it wastes your time, yet from the days of Adam and Eve to the present we strive to redo the person to whom we are married.
July 20, 2020
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