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Art… Not a Bad Medium
Revolutionary is what art has become to me. Over the last ten years my wife, Kathie, has become quite a successful oil painter, and thus, our lives are now steeped in the world of fine art. New circles of art-friends have risen up, and we keep paintings in front of our eyes on a daily…
The Emerald City Calls
I am in need of courage, but I am, indeed, the Cowardly Lion. I act like I’m not with my unsolicited opinions and strong stances that I take. On the outside, I’m a strong drink of water that sometimes marks his territory with God-knowledge. But on the inside, I’m a pussycat, scared of what you…
Courage Needed
To You, O King, I pray: Take center stage as I write the following words to people I do not know. May they know You more deeply than ever before, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Our forever-longing is to have You as You have us, to see You as…
Love does
Love does. It is the name of a popular book. It is also a truth that we see here in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;…
Love Culture
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always…
Love is…
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love patient. Love is…
Is there love?
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love,…
Living by Faith – Living my Faith
Passages: 1 Corinthians 13:13, 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 LIVING BY FAITH. LIVING MY FAITH. “Sin is: in despair not wanting to be oneself before God. Faith is: that the self in being itself and wanting to be…
Faith Matters
Theme: Faith – Faith Matters Passages: 1 Corinthians 13:13, Genesis 3:1, Psalm 115:1-8, Isaiah 44:9-20 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – I Corinthians 13:13 FAITHING I find that I think of FAITH as a noun, a thing, a possession. But as I look more…
On Courage
To You, O King ,I pray: Take center stage as I write the following words to people I do not know. May they know You more deeply than ever before, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Our forever-longing is to have You as You have us, to see You as…
The Daily Check-In
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
- Matthew 6:34
It is easy to become anxious these days. As we look at the world around us we battle to not be overwhelmed. Yet we read in Matthew 6:34 to not be anxious about tomorrow, instead focus on the trouble or needs of today.