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40 Years
Today I celebrate 40 years and reflect… This comes to my mind: a medley of two songs that my heart adopts to sing today…
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Wind of the Spirit
Your wind is blowing across this lonely land. We are Your messengers, Your touch is in our hands. Use us, Lord Jesus, to care for our friends. Help us to love them, it’s Your great command. Oh, wind of the Spirit, fill the sails of my soul – send us on, Lord, let your wind…
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We All Need Counseling
We all need a helper, a teacher, a mentor, a counselor. I’m grateful that EVERY ONE of us has been invited to such a person. …My prayer: “Dear Jesus, thank you that because of you, everyone of us can have a right relationship with our Creator. Thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit…
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Lenten Reading for Palm Sunday, the Sixth Sunday in Lent:
Light two candles. God made very sure that we could understand who He is, what He is like, and what He wants for and from us. He did this by sending his Son, Jesus. Now we don’t have just the written Word, we have the Living Word—a real person. When people watched Jesus, they were…
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Lenten Reading for the Fifth Sunday in Lent:
Light three candles. God wants people to live a full life. And the only way we can is by following his instructions. So he gave us his Word, his written Word, to make very clear to us where our life comes from and how we can keep it. BUT again and again we think our…
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Lenten Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Lent:
Light four candles before reading. Even before the world was created, God knew that Jesus would be the Way, the Truth and the Life for all who believed in him. But God didn’t just ignore his people then, waiting until the time came for Jesus. No, he gave them a way to be forgiven. If…
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Lenten Reading for the Third Sunday in Lent:
Light five candles before reading. Usually God holds back his anger over sin. But one time he let it loose, so we would know how serious it is to turn our backs away from God and toward the darkness, and so we would know how great his wrath is against sin. BUT he did not…
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Lenten Reading for the Second Sunday in Lent:
Light six candles before reading. God created people for relationship, for His glory. He gave them everything they could need or want. But they listened to the enemy’s lies instead. They no longer believed God’s gifts were enough. They turned their backs on God and lost their place in perfect friendship with Him. Now they…
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Lenten Reading for the First Sunday of Lent:
The 6 weeks before Easter is called the “Lenten season”. The word Lent is from an old English word related to “lenthen”, and meant springtime, when the days are lengthening. We use it to refer to the days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Lent is a process of prayer and spiritual renewal. Join me…
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Travel mugs in the rain
I’ve never been one for travel mugs. To me a travel mug seems like an oxymoron. To me, a hot drink is to be enjoyed when you sit still either alone with God or with a friend lingering together enjoying wonderful conversation. A travel mug to me speaks of rush and hurry without entirely slowing…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 