From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise. Practice these things: whatever you learned, received,…
I would like to build this post around a photo that popped up in my feed from the summer of 2013. Here it is: Rebekah, me, and Scout Labradoodle taking a selfie, moments from saying goodbye to the house we had just emptied and cleaned for the new owner. Not just leaving the house but…
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring. Isaiah 44:3 This week’s Wednesday evening men’s Bible study provided the usual mixture of wit, wisdom, insight, and great questions. Guys shared from their hearts as…
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For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.- Isaiah 43:19 re·birth /rēˈbərTH/ – noun: a renewed existence, activity, or growth; renaissance or revival Sometimes it’s difficult to process the fact…
So then let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up, and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. (Hebrews 12:1-2a) Years ago,…
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