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1 John 2:15-16 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The above referenced versus reminds me of the Matthew 6:24 verse which says in affect, that you can’t love two masters, and you can’t love both God and money. In my 65 years however, I have seen many people who have tried. I am also reminded of the story in the Bible where the rich man asked Jesus what he had to do in order to i...

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31 December 2022 Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal. I was not raised in a Christian home, but I remember we had a large white picture Bible decorating the coffee table. I was thumbing through it one day and ran across a picture of Jesus sitting beside a large rock. I don’t know why, but that picture would stick in my mind for the rest of my life. Fast forward to the early 1990s. My nephew Allen was killed in the first Persian Gulf War called, Desert Storm. A monument was dedicated in his memory a couple years latter at Rock of the Ma...

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28 December 2022 Peter 1:3-7 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. Peter 1:3-7 continued In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These hav...

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25 December 2022 Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” There are many things in this world that people try to imitate. I think you get the idea without me having to describe what some of those things might be. The Israelites expected the Messiah to come as a mighty warrior to rescue them. But instead, Jesus came to earth and identified himself as an innocent lamb that would save his people from their sin. God gives us many examples of things we should imitate in his creation. As a matter of fact,...

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24 December 2022 Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Since I’ve gotten older, I’m now 66, we have had help from various home health care workers to help care for my wife, who has MS and is bedridden, and take care of the house. Several weeks ago, we had to let our home health care worker go, and because of the fact that no one seems to want to work these days, I have been unable to fin...

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24 December 2022 Ezekiel 37:4-6 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” Israel turned away from God, so God turned away from Israel. The people were scattered and taken into Babylonian captivity. I was once just as unspiritual and just as useless t...

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22 December 2022 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel Isaiah 7:13-14 .After I first invited Christ into my heart, and started to read and become aware of what was written in the Bible, I remember my surprise when I realized that there were many prophecy’s written in the Old Testament, that spoke of the coming of the Messiah. The above referenced verses is just on...

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17 December 2022 Isaiah 55:10-11 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. I’m not sure if I’m a masochist, or just someone who is a real glutton for punishment. It seems that throughout my Christian life, God has always given me the tough cases, even though my wife was diagnosed with MS sh...

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13 December 2022 Matthew 2:1-2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Dear Friends and Family, Pam and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthful and prosperous New Year. All month this month our Pastor is preaching about, not the gifts we give to each other at this time of year but, about the gifts God gives to us all year round. Here are just a...

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8 December 2022 1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time I was reminded today of just how awesome and mighty our God is. When I look down the road to the future of this country, and this world, I simply don’t see much hope. When I loo...

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