Monthly Archives: June, 2013
Soap directions
Originally posted on The Shepherd's Presence:
If you have not read my blog yesterday, I urge you to do so. It relates to these directions. I probably thought I was through with the edit to the blog and didn’t follow through. That also is a message! We are “. . .complete in Him .…
Picking Nightcrawlers
“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water . . . shall in no wise lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42 We had a delightful rain this afternoon. Rain in the summer brings back so many memories. One of those memories involves nightcrawlers. There are worms; then …
Biblegateway.com
Biblegateway did not pay me to write this! I want to encourage you to read your Bible everyday and this is one way you can do this via internet. I will always prefer my “paper” Bible but I see more and more people using electronic Bibles. However you read the Bible, just read it! It …
It is a fire. . .
It is that time of year. The news will be reporting forest fires weekly and some of those fires will burn for weeks before they are contained. Millions of dollars will be spent on fighting fires, and in insurance claims. Fire is a dangerous thing. Used wisely, fire is a good thing. Who doesn’t like …
“My Mother’s Bible”
The words to this poem were written by an evangelist who held tent campaigns from about 1896 to 1910 as best I could find. Milan Bertrand Williams was born in 1860 and lived 81 years. The poem was set to music by Charlie Tillman and copyrighted as renewed in 1921 in one hymnal I saw …
Peter, John, Thomas, and more. . .
John, chapters 20 and 21 is a record of the responses of those who were witnesses to the resurrection. Yes, it does make a difference to you and me. Peter rushed right into the sepulcher and had lots of questions. That was Peter’s way. I think the word we use today might be motor mouth. …
In a moment. . .
Last Wednesday I had the wonder of listening to a retired Navy pilot who flew on and off air craft carriers during the 80’s and 90’s. He began his presentation with, “I have taken off 784 times successfully, and landed 784 times successfully. Without that ratio, I wouldn’t be here.” He went from a pilot …
D-Day
D-Day is always very sobering to me. Yesterday I met a gentleman whose father is buried in France, a soldier who gave his life for the cause of a free world. This morning I went in search of a few numbers to share with my friends at Hickory Creek Retirement Center and found the short …
Jehoiada, Jehosheba, and King Joash
This is my lesson for Hickory Creek tomorrow. You may question: These are older people, why teach this? I teach this because it is the Word of God and every part of it is important. I needed all of the background to make application to Psalm 1. I hope that you find this nugget of …
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