October 2024
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Has the Lord ever asked you to do something? If it’s something big or for a lifetime it could be considered a “calling”. I remember when the Lord called me to be a pastor. I was 15 and I’ll never forget that experience. It shaped my thoughts and actions just as much as salvation. I
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David knew what it was like to face criticism like those who sang Psalm 123. However, when he wrote Psalm 124, he was experiencing physical attack (v. 2) combined with anger (v. 3). It’s one thing for someone to have contempt for you and even ridicule you. It’s quite another for them to physically harm
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One morning I made homemade waffles for Tate. As I was pouring syrup on them, his eyes lit up and he was humming in anticipation. From the other room, Haley asked if he was enjoying them as she heard him humming that loud! His expectation was BIG. He could taste it was good prior to
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Of the fifteen songs of ascent (Psalm 120-134), David wrote three (Psalm 122, 124, and 131). In Psalm 122, David “rejoiced” (v. 1) when it was time to go to the house of the Lord. David looked forward to the pilgrimages Israel made to Jerusalem each year to worship the Lord. In those days, God
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I was studying Stephen’s sermon in Acts 7 this morning, and he said this: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.” -Acts 7:51 Wow! Questions: If yes to any, pray this: Jesus, I repent for being prideful and stubborn. I’m sorry
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The Israelites would travel up the mountain to Jerusalem to worship festivals each year in the spring, summer, and fall. As the psalmist traveled with a group of worshippers, their anticipation and expectations increased as they sang Psalm 121 to the Lord. In this psalm of ascent, the psalmist was the leader of the group
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The other day I was reading Genesis 2:24-25, God’s creation of marriage. Jesus quotes it (Matthew 19:5-6) and so does Paul (Ephesians 5:31) thus affirming it as the definition of marriage. It says, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become
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Do you think you could write a book about joy from prison if you had been wrongfully imprisoned? Sounds tough, but the Apostle Paul did it. He wrote Philippians from jail while maintaining joy in his life. He didn’t complain about his circumstances, living conditions, or quality of the legal system. In fact he used
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“Tate’s clothes in his closet are covered in ants.” That was the text my wife sent me before church one day. Talk about “ants in your pants”! After church, I stopped by the store, bought some ant spray, and went home to kill those little demons (anyone else knows what I’m talking about?). I searched
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While Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible with just two verses, Psalm 119 is the longest with 176 verses. Psalm 119 is a beautiful acrostic Psalm that uses all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet for organization and, most likely, memorization. Each of the 22 Hebrew letter sections contains eight verses (22
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